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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: κωλύω

(Strong's #2967 — Verb — koluo — ko-loo'-o )

"to hinder," is rendered "withstand" in Acts 11:17 . See FORBID , HINDER.

2: ἀνθίστημι

(Strong's #436 — Verb — anthistemi — anth-is'-tay-mee )

"to set against," is translated "to withstand" in Acts 13:8 (Middle Voice); in the intransitive 2nd aorist, Active Voice, Ephesians 6:13; 2 Timothy 3:8 (1st part; Middle Voice in 2nd part); 4:15. See RESIST.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Withstand'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​w/withstand.html. 1940.
 
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