Definition

to set down (troops) against, i.e. withstand

Etymology

from G473 (ἀντί) and G2525 (καθίστημι);

Word family

• ἀντί antí
• καθίστημι kathístēmi

How the KJV renders it

• resist

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.