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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) One who opposes; an adversary; an antagonist; a foe.

2. (a.) Situated in front; opposite; hence, opposing; adverse; antagonistic.

3. (n.) One who opposes in a disputation, argument, or other verbal controversy; specifically, one who attacks some theirs or proposition, in distinction from the respondent, or defendant, who maintains it.

Greek

476. antidikos -- an opponent, adversary
... an opponent, adversary. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: antidikos
Phonetic Spelling: (an-tid'-ee-kos) Short Definition: an opponent, adversary ...
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1361. Diotrephes -- "cherished by Zeus," Diotrephes, an opponent ...
... 1360, 1361. Diotrephes. 1362 . "cherished by Zeus," Diotrephes, an opponent
of the apostle John. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: Diotrephes ...
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500. antichristos -- antichrist, (one who opposes Christ)
... Spelling: (an-tee'-khris-tos) Short Definition: antichrist Definition: antichrist,
either one who puts himself in the place of, or the enemy (opponent) of the ...
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5211. Humenaios -- Hymenaeus, a heretical teacher at Ephesus
... Hymenaeus. From Humen (the god of weddings); "hymeneal"; Hymeneus, an opponent of
Christianity -- Hymenaeus. (umenaios) -- 2 Occurrences. 5210, 5211. ...
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865. aphilagathos -- without love of good
... 1 , "not" and 5358 , "a friend, lover of what is good") -- properly, describing
someone who is hostile to the things of God -- ie an active opponent (enemy) of ...
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436. anthistemi -- to set against, ie withstand
... go). [436 () was a term in classical Greek (used by Thucydides, etc.) meaning
"to strongly resist an opponent" ("take a ").]. Word ...
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5227. hupenantios -- set over against, opposite
... adversary, against. From hupo and enantios; under (covertly) contrary to, ie Opposed
or (as noun) an opponent -- adversary, against. see GREEK hupo. ...
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1727. enantios -- opposite, fig. hostile, opposed
... hostile, opposed NASB Word Usage against (2), before (1), contrary (2), hostile
(2), opponent (1), presence (1), right in front (1), sight (3). ...
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2314. theomachos -- fighting against God
... to fight against God. From theos and machomai; an opponent of deity -- to fight
against God. see GREEK theos. see GREEK machomai. (theomachoi) -- 1 Occurrence. ...
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Strong's Hebrew

1654. Geshem -- an opponent of Nehemiah
... 1653, 1654. Geshem or Gashmu. 1655 . an opponent of Nehemiah. Transliteration:
Geshem or Gashmu Phonetic Spelling: (gheh'-shem) Short Definition: Geshem. ...
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3401. yarib -- opponent, adversary
... 3400, 3401. yarib. 3402 . opponent, adversary. Transliteration: yarib
Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-rebe') Short Definition: contend. ...
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7453. rea -- friend, companion, fellow
... friends (18), husband (1), kind (1), lover (1), lovers (1), mate (1), neighbor
(64), neighbor's (23), neighbors (3), neighbors' (1), opponent (1), opponent's ( ...
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6965. qum -- to arise, stand up, stand
... 1), get (8), gets (1), go ahead (1), go ahead and confirm (1), got (2), grown (1),
lift (2), make it good (1), obliging* (1), observed (2), opponent (1), pass ...
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6862. tsar -- narrow, tight
... tsawr}; from tsarar; narrow; (as a noun) a tight place (usually figuratively, ie
Trouble); also a pebble (as in tsor); (transitive) an opponent (as crowding ...
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8618. teqomem -- rise up against
... Word Origin the same as qum, qv. rise up against From quwm; an opponent -- rise
up against. see HEBREW quwm. 8617, 8618. teqomem. 8619 . Strong's Numbers.
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7854. satan -- adversary, also the name of the superhuman ...
... adversary, Satan, withstand. From satan; an opponent; especially (with the article
prefixed) Satan, the arch-enemy of good -- adversary, Satan, withstand. ...
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7009. qim -- adversary
... substance. From quwm; an opponent (as rising against one), ie (collectively) enemies --
substance. see HEBREW quwm. 7008, 7009. qim. 7010 . Strong's Numbers
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8324. sharar -- enemy
... Word Origin see shorer. enemy A primitive root; to be hostile (only active participle
an opponent) -- enemy. 8323, 8324. sharar. 8325 . Strong's Numbers.
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Library

But, Says My Opponent, it is not for this Reason that we Assign ...
... Book VI. 4 But, says my opponent, it is not for this reason that we assign
temples to� But, says my opponent, it is not for this ...
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But You Err, Says My Opponent, and are Mistaken...
... Book VI. 17 But you err, says my opponent, and are mistaken� But you err,
says my opponent, and are mistaken, for we do not consider ...
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But You Err, Says My Opponent, and Fall into Mistakes...
... Book VII. 19 But you err, says my opponent, and fall into mistakes� But
you err, says my opponent, and fall into mistakes; for ...
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You Worship, Says My Opponent, one who was Born a Mere Human Being ...
... Book I. 42 You worship, says my opponent, one who was born a mere human being.�
You worship, says my opponent, one who was born a mere human being. ...
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Your Narratives, My Opponent Says, are Overrun with Barbarisms and ...
... Book I. 59 Your narratives, my opponent says, are overrun with barbarisms and solecisms� ...
[Note the opponent's witness to the text of the Gospels.]. ...
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It Rains not from Heaven, My Opponent Says, and we are in Distress ...
... Book I. 9 It rains not from heaven, my opponent says, and we are in distress
from some� It rains not from heaven, my opponent ...
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You Err, My Opponent Says, and are Deceived; for the Gods are not ...
... Book III. 22 You err, my opponent says, and are deceived; for the gods
are not themselves artificers� You err, my opponent says ...
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My Opponent Will Perhaps Meet Me with Many Other Slanderous and ...
... Book I. 43 My opponent will perhaps meet me with many other slanderous
and childish charges which are� My opponent will perhaps ...
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But, Says My Opponent, the Deities are not Inimical to You...
... Book I. 36 But, says my opponent, the deities are not inimical to you�
But, says my opponent, the deities are not inimical to ...
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But, Says My Opponent, You are Insulting us Without Reason...
... Book VII. 30 But, says my opponent, you are insulting us without reason�
But, says my opponent, you are insulting us without reason ...
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Thesaurus

Opponent (13 Occurrences)
...Opponent (13 Occurrences). ... (WEY YLT NAS). Luke 18:3 and a widow was in that city,
and she was coming unto him, saying, Do me justice on my opponent, (YLT NAS). ...
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Opponent's (1 Occurrence)
... Multi-Version Concordance Opponent's (1 Occurrence). 2 Samuel 2:16 They caught
everyone his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword ...
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Adversary (100 Occurrences)
... Easton's Bible Dictionary (Hebrews satan), an opponent or foe (1 Kings 5:4; 11:14,
23, 25; Luke 13:17); one that speaks against another, a complainant (Matthew ...
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Opponents (11 Occurrences)

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Antichrist (4 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary. (n.) An enemy or opponent of Christ. Specif.: A great
antagonist, person or power, expected to precede Christ's second coming. Int. ...
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Mayest (240 Occurrences)
... Matthew 5:25 Be agreeing with thy opponent quickly, while thou art in the way with
him, that the opponent may not deliver thee to the judge, and the judge may ...
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Agreeing (3 Occurrences)
... Matthew 5:25 Be agreeing with thy opponent quickly, while thou art in the way with
him, that the opponent may not deliver thee to the judge, and the judge may ...
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Court (172 Occurrences)
... Matthew 5:25 Come to terms without delay with your opponent while you are yet with
him on the way to the court; for fear he should obtain judgement from the ...
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Yet (1244 Occurrences)
... Matthew 5:25 Come to terms without delay with your opponent while you are yet with
him on the way to the court; for fear he should obtain judgement from the ...
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Bible Concordance

Opponent (13 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:25 Come to terms without delay with your opponent while you are yet with him on the way to the court; for fear he should obtain judgement from the magistrate against you, and the magistrate should give you in custody to the officer and you be thrown into prison.
(WEY YLT NAS)

Luke 12:58 For when, with your opponent, you are going before the magistrate, on the way take pains to get out of his power; for fear that, if he should drag you before the judge, the judge may hand you over to the officer of the court, and the officer lodge you in prison.
(WEY YLT NAS)

Luke 18:3 and a widow was in that city, and she was coming unto him, saying, Do me justice on my opponent,
(YLT NAS)

Acts 24:12 and that neither in the Temple nor in the synagogues, nor anywhere in the city, did they find me disputing with any opponent or collecting a crowd about me.
(WEY)

1 Corinthians 6:1 If one of you has a grievance against an opponent, does he dare to go to law before irreligious men and not before God's people?
(WEY)

Titus 2:8 and healthy language which no one can censure, so that our opponents may feel ashamed at having nothing evil to say against us.
(Root in WEY NAS RSV)

1 Peter 5:8 Be sober, vigilant, because your opponent the devil, as a roaring lion, doth walk about, seeking whom he may swallow up,
(YLT)

2 Samuel 2:16 They caught everyone his fellow by the head, and thrust his sword in his fellow's side; so they fell down together: therefore that place was called Helkath Hazzurim, which is in Gibeon.
(See NAS RSV NIV)

1 Kings 20:20 They each killed his man. The Syrians fled, and Israel pursued them. Ben Hadad the king of Syria escaped on a horse with horsemen.
(See NIV)

Job 16:9 He has torn me in his wrath, and persecuted me. He has gnashed on me with his teeth. My adversary sharpens his eyes on me.
(See NIV)

Job 27:7 "Let my enemy be as the wicked. Let him who rises up against me be as the unrighteous.
(See NAS)

Job 31:35 Oh that I had one to hear me! Behold my signature: let the Almighty answer me! And let mine opponent write an accusation!
(DBY)

Isaiah 50:8 Near 'is' He who is justifying me, Who doth contend with me? We stand together, who 'is' mine opponent? Let him come nigh unto me.
(YLT)

Subtopics

Opponent

Related Terms

Opponent's (1 Occurrence)

Adversary (100 Occurrences)

Opponents (11 Occurrences)

Antichrist (4 Occurrences)

Mayest (240 Occurrences)