ΥΠΕΝΑΝΤΙΟΥΣ, υπεναντιους
YPENANTIOUS, ypenantious
Sounds Like: hoo-pen-AN-tee-oos
Translations: adversaries, opponents, enemies
From the root: ΥΠΕΝΑΝΤΙΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes those who are in opposition or hostile. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ὑπέρ (hyper), meaning 'over' or 'above', and ἐναντίος (enantios), meaning 'opposite' or 'against'. Thus, it literally means 'over against' or 'standing opposite to'. It is used to refer to people who are hostile or adversarial.
Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G5227 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Esther — 8:13
- 1 Maccabees — 9:8
- Wisdom — 11:8, 18:8
- Sirach — 47:7
- Isaiah — 26:11, 64:1
- Nahum — 1:2
- Hebrews — 10:27
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 3:82
Justin Martyr
- Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 25:3
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Exodus — 1:10, 15:7, 23:27
- Numbers — 10:9
- 2 Chronicles — 20:29, 26:13
- Esther — 8:13
- 1 Maccabees — 9:8
- 2 Maccabees — 15:16
- Odes — 1:7, 4:11
- Wisdom — 11:8, 18:8
- Sirach — 47:7
- Isaiah — 26:11, 64:2
- Nahum — 1:2
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Hebrews — 10:27
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΥΠΕΝΑΝΤΙΟΣ.
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.
- ΥΠΕΝΑΝΤΙΟΙ — opponents, adversaries, enemies, hostile, contrary
- ΥΠΕΝΑΝΤΙΟΙΣ — to opponents, to adversaries, to hostile ones, to those who are opposite
- ΥΠΕΝΑΝΤΙΟΝ — opposite, contrary, hostile, an opposite thing, a contrary thing
- ΥΠΕΝΑΝΤΙΟΣ — opposite, hostile, an adversary, an enemy
- ΥΠΕΝΑΝΤΙΩ — to the adversary, to the opponent, to the enemy, to the hostile one
- ΥΠΕΝΑΝΤΙΩΝ — of opponents, of adversaries, of enemies
- ΥΠΕΝΑΝΤΙΩΣ — contrary, opposite, adversely
- ΥΠΕΝΑΝΤΙΩΤΑΤΟΥΣ — most hostile, most adverse, most opposed
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