STRONGS NUMBER G480

From anti and keimai; to lie opposite, i.e. Be adverse (figuratively, repugnant) to -- adversary, be contrary, oppose.

see GREEK anti

see GREEK keimai

1. to be set over against, lie opposite to, in a local sense ((Hippocrates de aëre, p. 282 Foes. (191 Chart.); Strabo 7, 7, 5); Herodian, 6, 2, 4 (2 Bekker); 3, 15, 17 (8 Bekker); (cf. Aristotle, de caelo 1, 8, p. 277{a}, 23)).

2. to oppose, be adverse to, withstand: τίνι, Luke 13:17; Luke 21:15; Galatians 5:17; 1 Timothy 1:10. simply (ὁ) ἀντικείμενος, an adversary, (Tittmann 2:9): 1 Corinthians 16:9; Philippians 1:28; 2 Thessalonians 2:4; 1 Timothy 5:14. (Dio Cass. 39, 8. Exodus 23:22; 2 Macc. 10:26, etc.; (see Sophocles' Lexicon, under the word).)