To dispute
ἀντιλέγωStrong’s G0483antilegō
Appears in 9 verses of the New Testament
In short
Antilegō is the Greek word usually translated “denying”, “contradicting” and “spoken against”. It appears in 9 verses of the New Testament.
“Holding fast the faithful word as he hath been taught, that he may be able by sound doctrine both to exhort and to convince the gainsayers.”
Meaning
Usually translated “denying”, “contradicting” and “spoken against”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- denying 2
- contradicting 2
- spoken against 1
- speaks against 1
- were contradicting 1
- when were objecting 1
- it is spoken against 1
- gainsaying 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 3
- Luke 2
- Titus 2
- John 1
- Romans 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Titus 2:9In contextExhort servants to be obedient unto their own masters, and to please them well in all things; not answering again;
- Luke 2:34And Simeon blessed them, and said unto Mary his mother, Behold, this child is set for the fall and rising again of many in Israel; and for a sign which shall be spoken against;
- Luke 20:27Then came to him certain of the Sadducees, which deny that there is any resurrection; and they asked him,
- John 19:12And from thenceforth Pilate sought to release him: but the Jews cried out, saying, If thou let this man go, thou art not Caesar’s friend: whosoever maketh himself a king speaketh against Caesar.
- Acts 13:45But when the Jews saw the multitudes, they were filled with envy, and spake against those things which were spoken by Paul, contradicting and blaspheming.
- Acts 28:19But when the Jews spake against it, I was constrained to appeal unto Caesar; not that I had ought to accuse my nation of.
Greek dictionary
ἀντιλέγω antilegō · to dispute
ἀντι-λέγω [in LXX: Hos.4:4 (רִיב hi.), Isa.50:5 (סוּג ni.) Isa.22:22 65:2, Sir.4:25, 3Ma.2:28, 4Ma.4:7 4Mac 8:2 * ;] cοntradict, oppose, resist (see Field, Notes, 106; MM, VGT, see word); absol.: Act.28:19, Rom.10:21, Tit.1:9 2:9; with dative, Jhn.19:12, Act.13:45; with accusative and inf., Luk.20:27 T; pass., Luk.2:34, Act.28:22.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dispute” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DISPUTE, verb intransitive
[Latin dispute is radically very similar to debate and discuss, both of which are from beating, driving, agitation.]
- To contend in argument; to reason or argue in opposition; to debate; to altercate; and to dispute violently is to wrangle.
- To strive or contend in opposition in a competitor; as, we disputed for the prize.
All definitions and other forms of “dispute”
DISPUTE, verb transitive
- To attempt to disprove by arguments or statements; to attempt to prove to be false, unfounded or erroneous; to controvert; to attempt to overthrow by reasoning.
- To strive or contend for, either by words or actions; as, to dispute the honor of the day; to dispute a prize.
- To call in question the propriety of; to oppose by reasoning.
- To strive to maintain; as, to dispute every inch of ground.
DISPUTE, noun
- Strife or contest in words or by arguments; an attempt to prove and maintain ones own opinions or claims, by arguments or statements, in opposition to the opinions, arguments or claims of another; controversy in words.
- The possibility of being controverted; as in the phrase, this is a fact, beyond all dispute
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.