Definition

to range oneself against, i.e. oppose

Etymology

from G473 (ἀντί) and the middle voice of G5021 (τάσσω);

Word family

• ἀντί antí
• τάσσω tássō

How the KJV renders it

• oppose themselves
• 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.