verb

Greekἀντοφθαλμέω (antofthalmeō)

Biblang

antofthalmamō

Strong’sG503

I face, resist

stem antofthalm-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

**† ἀντοφθαλμέω, -ῶ

(ἀντί, ὀφθαλμός), [in LXX: Wi 12:14*;]

to look in the face, look straight at (Polyb.). Metaph., to face, withstand (Wi 12:14, Polyb.): c. dat., ἀ. τ. ἀνέμῳ, as nautical term, to beat up against the wind (v. DB, ext., 366 f.; MM, VGT, s.v.): Ac 27:15.†

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

Strong’s G503 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidant-of-thal-meh'-o

to face

Fromfrom a compound of G473 and G3788;

King Jamesbear up into.

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

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ἀντοφθαλμ-έω,
look in the face, meet face to face, ἀ. κατὰ πρόσωπον Refs 2nd c.BC+: hence, defy, withstand, τινί and πρός τινα, LXX; ἀ τῷ ἀνέμῳ, of a ship, NT+3rd c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

head into1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
antofthalmarōἀντοφθαλμεῖν	happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive	head into	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	antofthalmamō	antofthalmame	antofthalmami	antofthalmama	antofthalmamē	antofthalmamelē
you 2nd person singular	antofthalmasō	antofthalmase	antofthalmasi	antofthalmasa	antofthalmasē	antofthalmaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	antofthalmatō	antofthalmate	antofthalmati	antofthalmata	antofthalmatē	antofthalmatelē
we 1st person plural	antofthalmanō	antofthalmane	antofthalmani	antofthalmana	antofthalmanē	antofthalmanelē
ye 2nd person plural	antofthalmavō	antofthalmave	antofthalmavi	antofthalmava	antofthalmavē	antofthalmavelē
they 3rd person plural	antofthalmalō	antofthalmale	antofthalmali	antofthalmala	antofthalmalē	antofthalmalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	antofthalmameiō	antofthalmameia	antofthalmameiē
you 2nd person singular	antofthalmaseiō	antofthalmaseia	antofthalmaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	antofthalmateiō	antofthalmateia	antofthalmateiē
we 1st person plural	antofthalmaneiō	antofthalmaneia	antofthalmaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	antofthalmaveiō	antofthalmaveia	antofthalmaveiē
they 3rd person plural	antofthalmaleiō	antofthalmaleia	antofthalmaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	antofthalmasōr	antofthalmasar	antofthalmasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	antofthalmatōr	antofthalmatar	antofthalmatēr
ye 2nd person plural	antofthalmavōr	antofthalmavar	antofthalmavēr
they 3rd person plural	antofthalmalōr	antofthalmalar	antofthalmalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	antofthalmamoiō	antofthalmamoia
you 2nd person singular	antofthalmasoiō	antofthalmasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	antofthalmatoiō	antofthalmatoia
we 1st person plural	antofthalmanoiō	antofthalmanoia
ye 2nd person plural	antofthalmavoiō	antofthalmavoia
they 3rd person plural	antofthalmaloiō	antofthalmaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	antofthalmarō1×ἀντοφθαλμεῖν	antofthalmari	antofthalmara	antofthalmarē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	antofthalmarōntos	antofthalmarintos	antofthalmarantos	antofthalmarēntos

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

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

antofthalm 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

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

antofthalmarō“head into”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×

Acts 27:15… de teu ploieu kai mē dunorōnteu antofthalmarō to anemo epidōarantois ferone.Unable to head into the wind, the ship was caught …