ἈΝΤΙΠΑΛΩΝ, ἀντιπαλων
ANTIPALŌN, antipalōn
Sounds Like: an-TEE-pa-lon
Translations: of an opponent, of opponents, of a rival, of rivals, of an adversary, of adversaries
From the root: ἈΝΤΙΠΑΛΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective, Noun
Explanation: This word describes someone who is an opponent, rival, or adversary. It is a compound word formed from 'ἀντί' (anti), meaning 'against' or 'opposite', and 'πάλη' (palē), meaning 'wrestling' or 'struggle'. Thus, it literally means 'one who wrestles against'. It is used to refer to those who are in opposition or conflict with someone else.
Inflection: Plural, Genitive, Masculine or Feminine
Strong’s number: G0480 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 14:17
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
- ἈΝΤΙΠΑΛΟΣ — opponent, adversary, rival, an opponent, an adversary, a rival
- ἈΝΤΙΠΑΛΩ — (to) an opponent, (to) an adversary, (to) a rival
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