What does ἀντιτάσσομαι (antitássomai) mean in the Bible?
ἀντιτάσσομαι (antitássomai): Active opposition through deliberate positioning against; implies organized resistance rather than passive refusal
Greek · G498
ἀντιτάσσομαι
To resist
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ἀντιτάσσομαι G498
Pronunciation antitássomai
What does ἀντιτάσσομαι (antitássomai) mean in the Bible?
ἀντιτάσσομαι (antitássomai): Active opposition through deliberate positioning against; implies organized resistance rather than passive refusal
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G498?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include opposes (2), opposed (1), resists (1), who did not resist (1).
Where does ἀντιτάσσομαι (antitássomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 18:6. Its strongest book concentrations include James (2), 1 Peter (1), Acts (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It opposes 2× James 4:6, 1 Peter 5:5
opposed 1× Acts 18:6
resists 1× Romans 13:2
who did not resist 1× James 5:6
Show sample aligned rows
Acts 18:6 ἀντιτασσομένων to opposed Verb - Present Participle Middle - Genitive Masculine Plural Romans 13:2 ἀντιτασσόμενος to resists Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular James 4:6 ἀντιτάσσεται to opposes Verb - Present Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular James 5:6 ἀντιτάσσεται to who did not resist Verb - Present Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular 1 Peter 5:5 ἀντιτάσσεται to opposes Verb - Present Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 18:6
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 4
Acts 1 Romans 1 James 2 1 Peter 1
Source forms
ἀντιτάσσεται 3x antitassetai James 4:6, James 5:6, 1 Peter 5:5
ἀντιτασσόμενος 1x antitassomenos Romans 13:2
ἀντιτασσομένων 1x antitassomenōn Acts 18:6
Parsing patterns
Verb - Present Indicative Middle - 3rd Person Singular 3x James 4:6, James 5:6, 1 Peter 5:5
Verb - Present Participle Middle - Genitive Masculine Plural 1x Acts 18:6
Verb - Present Participle Middle - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Romans 13:2
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Active opposition through deliberate positioning against; implies organized resistance rather than passive refusal
Strong's G498
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 2 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to resist
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Active opposition through deliberate positioning against; implies organized resistance rather than passive refusal
to range on battle against; mid., to set oneself against, resist: absol., Act.18:6; with dative, Rom.13:2, Jas.4:6 5:6, 1Pe.5:5 (MM, VGT, see word).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 18:6 Verb Present Middle Participle Genitive Plural Masculine
ἀντιτασσομένων antitassomenwn
I set myself against, resist
Read verse Romans 13:2 Verb Present Middle Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀντιτασσόμενος antitassomenov
I set myself against, resist
Read verse James 4:6 Verb Third Person Singular Present Middle Indicative
ἀντιτάσσεται, antitassetai
I set myself against, resist
Read verse James 5:6 Verb Third Person Singular Present Middle Indicative
ἀντιτάσσεται antitassetai
I set myself against, resist
Read verse 1 Peter 5:5 Verb Third Person Singular Present Middle Indicative
ἀντιτάσσεται, antitassetai
I set myself against, resist
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 5 Tenses Present Voices Middle
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 3×
Present Middle Jas 4:6 · Jas 5:6 · 1 Pet 5:5 3×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Present Middle Acts 18:6 · Rom 13:2 2×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 5 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
present 5
Voice
middle 5
Mood
indicative 3 participle 2
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἀντιτάσσομαι is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain