ἈΝΤΙΣΤΑΣ, ἀντιστας
ANTISTAS, antistas
Sounds Like: an-tee-STAS
Translations: resisting, one who resists, having resisted, stood against
From the root: ἈΝΘΙΣΤΗΜΙ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word is an aorist active participle of the verb ἀνθίστημι, meaning 'to stand against' or 'to resist'. It describes someone who has taken a stand or offered resistance. It can function adjectivally, describing a person or group, or adverbially, indicating the action of resisting.
Inflection: Singular, Masculine, Nominative, Aorist Active Participle
Strong’s number: G0436 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 13 — 1:28
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 2:50
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Job — 41:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΝΘΙΣΤΗΜΙ.
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.
- ἈΝΘΕΣΤΗΚΑΣ — you have resisted, you have opposed, you have stood against
- ἈΝΘΕΣΤΗΚΕΙ — was resisting, was opposing, had resisted, had opposed, stood against
- ἈΝΘΕΣΤΗΚΕΝ — has resisted, has opposed, has stood against
- ἈΝΘΕΣΤΗΚΟΤΩΝ — of those who resist, of adversaries, of opponents
- ἈΝΘΕΣΤΗΚΩΣ — one who resists, opponent, resisting, standing against
- ἈΝΘΙΣΤΑ — resist, oppose, withstand, set oneself against
- ἈΝΘΙΣΤΑΜΕΝΟΣ — resisting, opposing, withstanding, setting oneself against, one who resists
- ἈΝΘΙΣΤΑΜΕΝΟΥΣ — resisting, opposing, withstanding, setting oneself against
- ἈΝΘΙΣΤΑΤΑΙ — resist, oppose, withstand, stand against
- ἈΝΘΙΣΤΑΤΟ — he was resisting, he resisted, he stood against, he opposed
- ἈΝΤΕΣΤΗ — resisted, opposed, stood against, withstood
- ἈΝΤΕΣΤΗΣ — you resisted, you opposed, you withstood
- ἈΝΤΙΜΕΘΙΣΤΑΤΟ — he was resisting, he was opposing, he was standing against
- ἈΝΤΙΣΤΑΝΤΑΣ — resisting, opposing, those who resisted, those who opposed
- ἈΝΤΙΣΤΑΝΤΕΣ — resisting, opposing, standing against, having resisted, having opposed
- ἈΝΤΙΣΤΗΣΕΤΑΙ — will resist, will oppose, will withstand
- ἈΝΤΙΣΤΗΣΗ — he will resist, she will resist, it will resist, he will oppose, she will oppose, it will oppose
- ἈΝΤΙΣΤΩΜΕΝ — we resist, we oppose, we stand against
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