Definition

to set oneself opposite, i.e. be disputatious

Etymology

from G473 (ἀντί) and G1303 (διατίθεμαι);

Word family

• ἀντί antí
• διατίθεμαι diatíthemai

How the KJV renders it

• that oppose themselves

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.