Quick Definition
I resist
Strong's Definition
to set down (troops) against, i.e. withstand
Derivation: from G473 (ἀντί) and G2525 (καθίστημι);
KJV Usage: resist
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀντικαθίστημι: 2 aorist ἀντικατεστην; (from Herodotus down); in the transitive tenses:
1. to put in place of another.
2. to place in opposition (to dispose troops, set an army in line of battle); in the intransitive tenses, to stand against, resist: Heb_12:4, (Thucydides 1, 62. 71).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀντικαθίστημι antikathistēmi 1x
trans. to set in opposition; intrans. to withstand, resist, Heb_12:4
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀντι -καθ -ίστημι ,
[in LXX : Deu_31:21 ( H6030 ), Jos_5:7 , Mic_2:8 ( H6965 ) * ;]
1. causal in Pres . impf . fut . and 1 aor. ; to replace, oppose .
2. Intrans . in pass . and 2 aor. act. ;
(a) to supersede;
(b) to resist: Heb_12:4 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀντικαθίστημι [page 47]
P Oxy I. 97 .9 (A.D. 115 6) περὶ ἧς ἀντ [ε ]κατέστη αὐτοῖς ἐπὶ τοῦ τοῦ νομοῦ [σ ]τρ (ατηγοῦ ) Ἀπολλωνίο (υ ), BGU I. 168 .11 (probably A.D. 169) πρ [ὸ ]ς ἣ [ν καὶ ἀν ]τικατέσ [την ] ἐπὶ Αἰλίου , and l. .21 ἐφ᾽ οὗ καὶ ἀντικατέ [σ ]την . . . πρὸς τὸν Οὐαλέριον . For the subst. see P Oxy II. 260 .8 ff (A.D. 59) ἐξ ἧς ἐποιησάμε [θα ] πρὸ [ς ] ἑαυτου̣, ( l. -οὺς ) ἐπὶ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ . . . ἀντικαταστάσεως , in consequence of our confronting each other before the strategus (Edd.); BGU III. 868 .7 (ii/A.D.) ἐν ] δ [ὲ ] τῇ γενομένῃ ἐπὶ σοῦ , κύριε , ἀ̣ [ν ]τικατα [στάσει , and Syll 355 .7 (Chios, c. A.D. 3) ὕστερον δὲ ἑκατέρου μέρους ἐξ ἀντικα [τα ]στάσεως περὶ τῶν κατὰ μέρος ζητημάτων ἐν (τ )υχόντος διή [κου ]σα .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀντικαθίστημι "to lay down or establish instead, substitute, replace", Hdt. , Thuc. "to set against, oppose", τινὰ πρός τινα Thuc. ; τινά τινι Plat. "to bring back again, restore", Thuc. Pass., with aor2 and perf. act., and aor1 pass. κατεστάθην [α^], "to be put in another's place, reign in his stead", Hdt. , Xen. "to stand against, resist", τινί Xen. ; absol., Thuc.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀντι-καθ-ίστημι
[in LXX: Deu.31:21 (עָנָה), Jos.5:7, Mic.2:8 (קוּם) * ;]
__1. causal in Pres. imperfect fut. and 1 aor.; to replace, oppose.
__2. Intrans. in pass. and 2 aor. act.;
__(a) to supersede;
__(b) to resist: Heb.12:4.†
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