ἈΝΤΙΠΑΛΟΣ, ἀντιπαλος
ANTIPALOS, antipalos
Sounds Like: an-TEE-pa-los
Translations: opponent, adversary, rival, an opponent, an adversary, a rival
From the root: ἈΝΤΙΠΑΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes someone who is an opponent or adversary, often in a contest, struggle, or legal dispute. It is a compound word formed from 'ἀντί' (anti), meaning 'against' or 'opposite', and 'πάλη' (pale), meaning 'wrestling' or 'struggle'. It can be used to refer to a person who is actively opposing another.
Inflection: Masculine, Feminine, or Neuter, Nominative, Singular
Strong’s number: G0480 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 30:3
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΤΙΠΑΛΟΣ.
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.
- ἈΝΤΙΠΑ — opponent, adversary, rival
- ἈΝΤΙΠΑΛΟΝ — opponent, an opponent, adversary, an adversary, rival, a rival
- ἈΝΤΙΠΑΛΩ — (to) an opponent, (to) an adversary, (to) a rival
- ἈΝΤΙΠΑΛΩΝ — of an opponent, of opponents, of a rival, of rivals, of an adversary, of adversaries
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