483. antilegó
Strong's Lexicon
antilegó: To speak against, to oppose, to contradict

Original Word: ἀντιλέγω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: antilegó
Pronunciation: an-tee-LEG-oh
Phonetic Spelling: (an-til'-eg-o)
Definition: To speak against, to oppose, to contradict
Meaning: I speak or say in opposition, contradict (oppose, resist).

Word Origin: From the Greek words ἀντί (anti, meaning "against") and λέγω (lego, meaning "to speak").

Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: The Hebrew equivalent often involves terms like "רִיב" (riyb, meaning "to contend" or "to dispute") and "עָרַר" (arar, meaning "to oppose" or "to challenge").

Usage: The verb "antilegó" is used in the New Testament to describe the act of speaking against or opposing someone or something. It often carries the connotation of contradiction or resistance, particularly in the context of disputing or challenging authority or truth. This term is frequently used in situations where individuals or groups resist the message of the Gospel or the teachings of Jesus and the apostles.

Cultural and Historical Background: In the Greco-Roman world, public debate and discourse were common, and the act of speaking against or contradicting was a recognized part of philosophical and rhetorical traditions. In the context of early Christianity, "antilegó" often describes the opposition faced by Jesus and His followers from religious leaders, political authorities, and others who resisted the new teachings that challenged established norms and beliefs.

HELPS Word-studies

483 antilégō (from 473 /antí, "opposite to" and 3004 /légō, "speaking to a conclusion") – properly, voicing opposition; to contradict, especially in a hostile (argumentative) way – i.e. to dispute in order to thwart.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from anti and legó
Definition
to speak against, hence to contradict, oppose
NASB Translation
argumentative (1), contradict (1), contradicting (1), objected (1), obstinate (1), opposed (1), opposes (1), say (1), spoken against (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 483: ἀντιλέγω

ἀντιλέγω; (imperfect ἀντέλεγον); to speak against, gainsay, contradict; absolutely: Acts 13:45 (L Tr WH omit); Acts 28:19; Titus 1:9. τίνι, Acts 13:45. followed by μή and the accusative with an infinitive: Luke 20:27 (L marginal reading Tr WH λέγοντες) (as in Greek writings; see Passow (or Liddell and Scott), under the word; (Winers Grammar, § 65, 2b; Buttmann, 355 (305))). "to oppose oneself to one, decline to obey him, declare oneself against him, refuse to have anything to do with him" (cf. Winer's Grammar, 23 (22)): τίνι, John 19:12 (Lucian, dial. inferor. 30, 3); absolutely, Romans 10:21 (cf. Meyer); Titus 2:9 (Achilles Tatius (?) 5, 27). Passive, ἀντιλέγομαι I am disputed, assent or compliance is refused me, (Winer's Grammar, § 39, 1): Luke 2:34; Acts 28:22.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
contradict, deny, speak against.

From anti and lego; to dispute, refuse -- answer again, contradict, deny, gainsay(-er), speak against.

see GREEK anti

see GREEK lego

Forms and Transliterations
αντειπειν ἀντειπεῖν αντελεγον αντέλεγον ἀντέλεγον αντιλεγει αντιλέγει ἀντιλέγει αντιλεγεται αντιλέγεται ἀντιλέγεται αντιλεγομενον αντιλεγόμενον ἀντιλεγόμενον αντιλεγόμενος αντιλεγοντα αντιλέγοντα ἀντιλέγοντα αντιλεγοντας αντιλέγοντας ἀντιλέγοντας αντιλέγοντες αντιλεγοντων αντιλεγόντων ἀντιλεγόντων αντιλέγω αντιλέγων αντιλήπτωρ anteipein anteipeîn antelegon antélegon antilegei antilégei antilegetai antilégetai antilegomenon antilegómenon antilegonta antilégonta antilegontas antilégontas antilegonton antilegontōn antilegónton antilegóntōn
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Luke 2:34 V-PPM/P-ANS
GRK: εἰς σημεῖον ἀντιλεγόμενον
NAS: and for a sign to be opposed--
KJV: a sign which shall be spoken against;
INT: for a sign [to be] spoken against

Luke 20:27 V-PPA-NMP
GRK: Σαδδουκαίων οἱ ἀντιλέγοντες ἀνάστασιν μὴ
INT: Sadducees who deny a resurrection not

Luke 21:15 V-ANA
GRK: ἀντιστῆναι ἢ ἀντειπεῖν ἅπαντες οἱ
INT: to resist nor to reply to all those

John 19:12 V-PIA-3S
GRK: ἑαυτὸν ποιῶν ἀντιλέγει τῷ Καίσαρι
NAS: out [to be] a king opposes Caesar.
KJV: a king speaketh against Caesar.
INT: himself making speaks against Ceasar

Acts 4:14 V-ANA
GRK: οὐδὲν εἶχον ἀντειπεῖν
INT: nothing they had to gainsay

Acts 13:45 V-IIA-3P
GRK: ζήλου καὶ ἀντέλεγον τοῖς ὑπὸ
NAS: with jealousy and [began] contradicting the things spoken
KJV: and spake against those things which were spoken
INT: with envy and contradicted the things by

Acts 28:19 V-PPA-GMP
GRK: ἀντιλεγόντων δὲ τῶν
NAS: But when the Jews objected, I was forced
KJV: when the Jews spake against [it], I was constrained
INT: objecting moreover of the

Acts 28:22 V-PIM/P-3S
GRK: ὅτι πανταχοῦ ἀντιλέγεται
NAS: it is known to us that it is spoken against everywhere.
KJV: that every where it is spoken against.
INT: that everywhere it is spoken against

Romans 10:21 V-PPA-AMS
GRK: ἀπειθοῦντα καὶ ἀντιλέγοντα
NAS: TO A DISOBEDIENT AND OBSTINATE PEOPLE.
KJV: a disobedient and gainsaying people.
INT: disobeying and contradicting

Titus 1:9 V-PPA-AMP
GRK: καὶ τοὺς ἀντιλέγοντας ἐλέγχειν
NAS: and to refute those who contradict.
KJV: and to convince the gainsayers.
INT: and those who gainsay to convict

Titus 2:9 V-PPA-AMP
GRK: εἶναι μὴ ἀντιλέγοντας
NAS: to be well-pleasing, not argumentative,
KJV: all [things]; not answering again;
INT: to be not contradicting

Strong's Greek 483
11 Occurrences


ἀντειπεῖν — 2 Occ.
ἀντέλεγον — 1 Occ.
ἀντιλέγει — 1 Occ.
ἀντιλέγεται — 1 Occ.
ἀντιλεγόμενον — 1 Occ.
ἀντιλέγοντα — 1 Occ.
ἀντιλέγοντας — 2 Occ.
ἀντιλέγοντες — 1 Occ.
ἀντιλεγόντων — 1 Occ.

















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