Quick Definition
ἀνταγωνίζομαι v. I resist, strive against
Strong's Definition
from 473 and 75; to struggle against (figuratively) ("antagonize")
KJV Usage: strive against
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀγωνίζομαι
39.31 · Hostility, Strife · Strife, Struggle
to struggle against to engage in an intense struggle against something or someone In a number of languages one cannot use a term in HEB 12:4 which would suggest physical struggle, for essentially this is psychological opposition. In some cases the appropriate equivalent would be ‘to do all you can to oppose sin’ or ‘to do everything possible against evil.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀντ-αγωνίζομαι ; fo struggle, fight; πρός τι, against a thing, Heb. xii. 4 [ef. W. § 52, 4,3]. (Xen., Plat., Dem., ete.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀνταγωνίζομαι antagōnizomai 1x
to contend, strive against, Heb. 12:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀντ-αγωνίζομαι, depon.,
[in LXX: IV Mac 17:14*;]
to struggle against: seq. πρός, c. acc., He 12:4.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀνταγωνίζομαι. For the derived noun cf. P Oxy III. 5103: (ii/A.D.) +» -Javeve ἀνταγίωνιστῇ) (δραχμαὶ) [. . , ina list of payments to gymnastic performers. The verb construed with πρός, as in Heb 124, occurs in Préene 1715 (soon after B.C, 278) πρὸς τοὺς βαρβάρους ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀνταγωνίζομαι (antagōnizomai) — to struggle. ἀντᾰγων-ίζομαι,
I. struggle against, prove a match for, τινί, especially in war, [NT+5th c.BC+]
I.2. generally, struggle, vie with, τινί[Refs 5th c.BC+]the parties in a lawsuit, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.3. act a part in rivalry with, τινί[Refs 1st c.AD+]
II. as passive, to be set against, τινί[Refs 5th c.BC+]