ἈΝΤΙΛΕΓΕΙΝ, ἀντιλεγειν
ANTILEGEIN, antilegein
Sounds Like: an-tee-LEH-gayn
Translations: to speak against, to contradict, to gainsay, to oppose, to dispute
From the root: ἈΝΤΙΛΕΓΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb formed from the preposition ἀντί (anti), meaning 'against' or 'opposite', and the verb λέγω (legō), meaning 'to say' or 'to speak'. Therefore, it literally means 'to speak against'. It is used to describe the act of contradicting someone, gainsaying a statement, or opposing an idea or action through words. It implies a verbal disagreement or resistance.
Inflection: Present, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G0483 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 21:338
- Book 3 — 8:217
- Book 4 — 6:105, 6:107
- Book 5 — 9:329
- Book 6 — 12:257
- Book 8 — 2:30
- Book 11 — 6:290
- Book 20 — 1:7
Justin Martyr
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΤΙΛΕΓΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΝΤΕΙΠΑΤΕ — contradict, speak against, gainsay, oppose
- ἈΝΤΕΙΠΕΝ — spoke against, contradicted, gainsaid, opposed, answered back
- ἈΝΤΕΙΠΗ — contradict, gainsay, speak against, oppose, resist
- ἈΝΤΕΙΠΟΝΤΩΝ — of those who spoke against, of those who contradicted, of those who opposed
- ἈΝΤΕΙΠΩΝ — speaking against, gainsaying, objecting, contradicting, one who speaks against, one who objects
- ἈΝΤΙΛΕΓ — to speak against, to contradict, to gainsay, to oppose, to resist, to deny
- ἈΝΤΙΛΕΓΕ — contradict, speak against, gainsay, object, refuse
- ἈΝΤΙΛΕΓΕΙ — he speaks against, he contradicts, he gainsays, he opposes
- ἈΝΤΙΛΕΓΕΤΑΙ — it is spoken against, it is contradicted, it is gainsaid
- ἈΝΤΙΛΕΓΕΤΕ — you contradict, you speak against, you gainsay, you resist
- ἈΝΤΙΛΕΓΟΙΕΝ — they might contradict, they might speak against, they might gainsay, they might object
- ἈΝΤΙΛΕΓΟΜΕΝΟΝ — spoken against, gainsaid, contradicted, a thing spoken against, a thing contradicted
- ἈΝΤΙΛΕΓΟΜΕΝΟΣ — contradicted, gainsaid, spoken against, opposed
- ἈΝΤΙΛΕΓΟΝΤΑ — contradicting, gainsaying, speaking against, resisting, those who contradict, those who gainsay
- ἈΝΤΙΛΕΓΟΝΤΕΣ — gainsaying, contradicting, speaking against, opposing, resisting
- ἈΝΤΙΛΕΓΟΝΤΩΝ — of those who contradict, of those who speak against, of those who gainsay, of those who dispute, of those who oppose
- ἈΝΤΙΛΕΓΩ — speak against, contradict, gainsay, oppose, refuse
- ἈΝΤΙΛΕΓΩΝ — gainsaying, contradicting, speaking against, objecting, one who gainsays, one who contradicts
- ἈΝΤΙΛΕΞΕΙ — to contradict, to speak against, to gainsay, to resist, to oppose
- ἈΝΤΙΛΟΓΕΙΝ — to contradict, to speak against, to gainsay, to dispute, to object
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