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To oppose

ἐνέχωStrong’s G1758

enechō

Appears in 3 verses of the New Testament

In short

Enechō is the Greek word usually translated “was holding it”, “press upon” and “do be entangled”. It appears in 3 verses of the New Testament.

“Therefore Herodias had a quarrel against him, and would have killed him; but she could not:”
Mark 6:19 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “was holding it”, “press upon” and “do be entangled”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • was holding it 1
  • to press upon 1
  • do be entangled 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Mark 1
  • Luke 1
  • Galatians 1

3 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

ἐνέχω enechō · to oppose

ἐν-έχω [in LXX: Gen.49:23 (סָתַם), Eze.14:4, 7, 3Ma.6:10 * ;] 1. to hold in; pass., to be held, entangled: with dative of thing(s); jig., ζυγῷ δουλείας, Gal.5:1 (cf. MM, Exp., xii); θλίψρεσιν, 2Th.1:4 (cf. ἀσεβείσιν, 3Mac, l.with). 2. to set oneself against, be urgent against (as Ge, l.with; for con­struction, see Swete, Mk., l.with): Mrk.6:19, Luk.11:53.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “oppose” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

OPPO'SE, verb transitive

s as z. [Latin oppono, opposui. The change of n into s is unusual. Two different verbs may be used, as in Latin fero, tuli. See Pose.]

  1. To set; against; to put in opposition, with a view to counterbalance or countervail, and thus to hinder defeat, destroy or prevent effect; as, to oppose one argument to another.
  2. To act against; to resist, either by physical means, by arguments or other means.
  3. To check; to resist effectually.
  4. To place in front; to set opposite.
All definitions
  1. To act against, as a competitor.

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.