enantios · contrary, opposite

What it means

enantios (ἐναντίος) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “contrary, opposite”.

Opposite, contrary; against.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. Opposing, like a headwind.
2. The one who opposes; the enemy.
3. In front of someone, face to face.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• against ×4
• hostile ×2
• facing ×1
• opponent ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×2
• Acts×3
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• Titus×1

• Matthew 14:24

  But the boat was already many stadia away from the land, battered by the waves, for the wind was against it.

• Mark 6:48

  And seeing them straining at the rowing, for the wind was against them, about the fourth watch of the night he comes to them, walking on the sea; and he meant to pass by them.

• Mark 15:39

  And when the centurion, who stood facing him, saw that he breathed his last in this way, he said, “Truly this man was God’s Son.”

• Acts 26:9

  I indeed thought to myself that I ought to do many things hostile to the name of Jesus the Nazarene,

• Acts 27:4

  And from there putting out to sea, we sailed under the shelter of Cyprus because the winds were against us.

• Acts 28:17

  And it happened after three days that he called together the leading men of the Jews; and 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, was handed over as a prisoner from Jerusalem into the hands of the Romans,

• 1 Thessalonians 2:15

  who killed both the Lord Jesus and the prophets, and drove us out, and who do not please God and are hostile to all people,

• Titus 2:8

  sound speech that cannot be condemned, so that the opponent may be put to shame, having nothing bad to say about us.