verb

antagōnizemō

Greekἀνταγωνίζομαι (antagōnizomai)

Strong’sG464

I resist, strive against

stem antagōniz-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

struggle1×

What it means

** ἀντ-αγωνίζομαι, depon.,

[in LXX: IV Mac 17:14*;]

to struggle against: seq. πρός, c. acc., He 12:4.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G464 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidan-tag-o-nid'-zom-ahee

to struggle against (figuratively) ("antagonize")

Fromfrom G473 and G75;

King Jamesstrive against.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
antagōnizerōtoisἀνταγωνιζόμενοι	happening now · subjectpresent middle participle nominative plural masculine	struggle	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	antagōnizemō	antagōnizeme	antagōnizemi	antagōnizema	antagōnizemē	antagōnizemelē
you 2nd person singular	antagōnizesō	antagōnizese	antagōnizesi	antagōnizesa	antagōnizesē	antagōnizeselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	antagōnizetō	antagōnizete	antagōnizeti	antagōnizeta	antagōnizetē	antagōnizetelē
we 1st person plural	antagōnizenō	antagōnizene	antagōnizeni	antagōnizena	antagōnizenē	antagōnizenelē
ye 2nd person plural	antagōnizevō	antagōnizeve	antagōnizevi	antagōnizeva	antagōnizevē	antagōnizevelē
they 3rd person plural	antagōnizelō	antagōnizele	antagōnizeli	antagōnizela	antagōnizelē	antagōnizelelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	antagōnizemeiō	antagōnizemeia	antagōnizemeiē
you 2nd person singular	antagōnizeseiō	antagōnizeseia	antagōnizeseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	antagōnizeteiō	antagōnizeteia	antagōnizeteiē
we 1st person plural	antagōnizeneiō	antagōnizeneia	antagōnizeneiē
ye 2nd person plural	antagōnizeveiō	antagōnizeveia	antagōnizeveiē
they 3rd person plural	antagōnizeleiō	antagōnizeleia	antagōnizeleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	antagōnizesōr	antagōnizesar	antagōnizesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	antagōnizetōr	antagōnizetar	antagōnizetēr
ye 2nd person plural	antagōnizevōr	antagōnizevar	antagōnizevēr
they 3rd person plural	antagōnizelōr	antagōnizelar	antagōnizelēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	antagōnizemoiō	antagōnizemoia
you 2nd person singular	antagōnizesoiō	antagōnizesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	antagōnizetoiō	antagōnizetoia
we 1st person plural	antagōnizenoiō	antagōnizenoia
ye 2nd person plural	antagōnizevoiō	antagōnizevoia
they 3rd person plural	antagōnizeloiō	antagōnizeloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	antagōnizerō	antagōnizeri	antagōnizera	antagōnizerē

Used as an adjective — participle, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	antagōnizerōtos1×	antagōnizeritos	antagōnizeratos	antagōnizerētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

antagōnizstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

antagōniz is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

antagōnizerōtois“struggle”happening now · subjectpresent middle participle nominative plural masculine1×

Hebrews 12:4“struggle”oupō mechris haimeu antikathistanava pros tan hamartan antagōnizerōtois,In your struggle against sin, you have not yet resisted to the point of shedding your blood.