Greek verb · G472
ἀντέχομαι
antechomaian-tekh'-om-ahee
trans., to hold against.; Intrans., to withstand. Mid. 1. in cl., to hold out against.; (cf. MM
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: antéchomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G472is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 3spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G472
to hold oneself opposite to, i.e. (by implication) adhere to; by extension to care for
The King James renders it: hold fast, hold to, support.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
antechomai is rendered "trans., to hold against.; Intrans., to withstand. Mid. 1. in cl., to hold out against.; (cf. MM". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- One of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "trans., to hold against.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 6:24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
- The Greek text spells it three different ways.
The first use
No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
Matthew 6:24ἀνθέξεται
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's four uses is in Matthew.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: trans., to hold against., and Intrans., to withstand. Mid. 1. in cl., to hold out against., and (cf. MM.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| trans., to hold against. | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereMatthew 6:24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other… |
| Intrans., to withstand. Mid. 1. in cl., to hold out against. | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| (cf. MM | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 6:24No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀντέπω | antepo | to contradict | Uses2 |
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
3 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀνθέξεται2
- ἀντέχεσθε1
- ἀντεχόμενον1
The grammar of each form
- verb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-FDI-3S
- verb · present middle or passive form, command · 2nd person plural1V-PNM-2P
- verb · present middle or passive form, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singular1V-PNP-ASM
Matthew
one use
No one can serve two masters: Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.
- ἀνθέξεταιanthexetaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will be devoted
Luke
one use
No servant can serve two masters. Either he will hate the one and love the other, or he will be devoted to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve both God and money.”
- ἀνθέξεταιanthexetaiverb · future middle form, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he will be devoted
1 Thessalonians
one use
And we urge you, brothers, to admonish the unruly, encourage the fainthearted, help the weak, and be patient with everyone.
- ἀντέχεσθεantechestheverb · present middle or passive form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do help
Titus
one use
He must hold firmly to the faithful word as it was taught, so that he can encourage others by sound teaching and refute those who contradict it.
- ἀντεχόμενονantechomenonverb · present middle or passive form, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: holding
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.