Quick Definition
I resist, strive against
Strong's Definition
to struggle against (figuratively) ("antagonize")
Derivation: from G473 (ἀντί) and G75 (ἀγωνίζομαι);
KJV Usage: strive against
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀνταγωνίζομαι; to struggle, fight; πρός τί, against a thing, Heb_12:4 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 52, 4, 3). (Xenophon, Plato, Demosthenes, etc.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀνταγωνίζομαι antagōnizomai 1x
to contend, strive against, Heb_12:4
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀντ -αγωνίζομαι ,
depon .,
[in LXX : 4Ma_17:14 * ;]
to struggle against: seq . πρός , c . acc , Heb_12:4 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀνταγωνίζομαι [page 46]
For the derived noun cf. P Oxy III. 519 .21 (ii/A.D.) . . . ]ανωνι ἀνταγ (ωνιστῇ ) (δραχμαὶ ) [. . , in a list of payments to gymnastic performers. The verb construed with πρός , as in Heb_12:4 , occurs in Priene 17 .15 (soon after B.C. 278) πρὸς τοὺς βαρβάρους ἀνταγωνίζεσθαι .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἀνταγωνίζομαι as Dep. "to struggle against, prove a match for", τινί Hdt. , Thuc. :—generally, "to struggle or dispute with", τινί Thuc. :— οἱ ἀνταγωνιζόμενοί τι "the parties in a lawsuit", Xen.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἀντ-αγωνίζομαι depon.,
[in LXX: 4Ma.17:14 * ;]
to struggle against: before πρός, with accusative, Heb.12:4.†
(AS)