ἐναντίος
enantios
hostile
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ἐναντίος (enantios) is a term with a clear and specific meaning: it describes someone or something as hostile. Its appearance in the Bible eight times reflects its importance in conveying the nature of human relationships and conflicts. In terms of its range of usage, ἐναντίος is often used to describe individuals or groups who are opposed to the actions or values of others. This opposition is not necessarily limited to violent or extreme animosity but can also encompass more abstract or ideological differences. The significance of ἐναντίος lies in its ability to nuance the complexity of human relationships, highlighting the multifaceted nature of conflict and opposition. By distinguishing between simple hostility and more subtle forms of opposition, ἐναντίος allows for a more precise understanding of the Bible's depiction of human interactions and tensions.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
8 total occurrences across the text
But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, distressed by the waves, for the wind was contrary.
Mark 6:48Seeing them distressed in rowing, for the wind was contrary to them, about the fourth watch of the night he came to them, walking on the sea, and he would have passed by them,
Mark 15:39When the centurion, who stood by opposite him, saw that he cried out like this and breathed his last, he said, “Truly this man was the Son of God!”
Acts 26:9“I myself most certainly thought that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
Acts 27:4Putting to sea from there, we sailed under the lee of Cyprus, because the winds were contrary.
Acts 28:17After three days Paul called together those who were the leaders of the Jews. When they had come together, he said to them, “I, brothers, though I had done nothing against the people or the customs of our fathers, still was delivered prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,
1 Thessalonians 2:15who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out, and don’t please God, and are contrary to all men,
Titus 2:8and soundness of speech that can’t be condemned, that he who opposes you may be ashamed, having no evil thing to say about us.