Quick Definition
ἀντικαθίστημι v. I resist
Strong's Definition
to set down (troops) against, i.e. withstand
Derivation: from G473 (ἀντί) and G2525 (καθίστημι);
KJV Usage: resist
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. ἀντικατέστην | ἵστημι
39.18 · Hostility, Strife · Resistance
to resist to resist by actively opposing pressure or power In a number of languages one may appropriately translate ‘to resist’ in a number of contexts as ‘to fight back against’ or ‘to oppose in return.’ In some contexts, however, such as ACT 7:51, the meaning may perhaps be best expressed by a negation, for example, ‘you have never been willing to yield to the Holy Spirit.’
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀντι-καθ-ίστημι : 2 aor. ἀντικατέστην ; [fr. Hdt. down]; in the trans. tenses 1. to put in place of another. 2. to place in opposition, (to dispose troops, set an army in line of battle); in the intrans. tenses, 0 stand against, resist: Heb. xii. 4, (Thue. 1, 62. 71).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀντικαθίστημι antikathistēmi 1x
trans. to set in opposition; intrans. to withstand, resist, Heb. 12:4*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἀντι-καθ-ίστημι,
[in LXX: De 31:21 (ענה), Jos 5:7, Mi 2:8 (קוּם)*;]
causal in pres. impf. fut. and 1 aor.; to replace, oppose.
Intrans. in pass. and 2 aor. act.; to supersede;
to resist: He 12:4.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀντικαθίστημι (antikathistēmi) — to resist. ἀντικαθίστημι, Ionic dialect ἀντικατ-, future -καταστήσω:— replace, substitute, ἄλλα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; μὴ ἐλάσσω ἀντικαταστῆσαι πάλιν replace an equal quantity of gold, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄλλους ἀ. set up others in their stead, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. set against, oppose, τινὰ πρός τινα[Refs 5th c.BC+]; establish as a counterpart, τινά τινι[Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. set up or bring back again, ἀ. ἐπὶ τὸ θαρρεῖν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; rally, τοὺς θορυβηθέντας[Refs 1st c.BC+]
II. passive, with aorist 2 and perfect active; also aorist 1 κατεστάθην[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—to be put in another's place, reign in his stead, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. to be pitted against another, opposed, absolutely, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. b in lawsuits, to be confronted with, τινί, πρός τινα, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]