ἀντᾰγων-ίζομαι,
I
1. struggle against, prove a match for, τινί, esp. in war, Hdt. 5.109, Th. 6.72, X. Cyr. 1.6.8, etc.; ἀ. ταῖς παρασκεναῖς τινός D. 43.81; πρὸς τοὺς βαρβάρους Inscr.Prien. 17.15, cf. [Heb 12:4].
2. generally, struggle, vie with, τινί Th. 3.38; περί τινος And. 4.2; οἱ ἀνταγωνιζόμενοί τι the parties in a lawsuit, X. Cyr. 8.2.27; [ οἱ ἐλευθέριοι] οὐκ ἀ. περὶ τῶν χρημάτων Arist. Rh. 1366b8.
3. act a part in rivalry with, τινί Plu. Dem. 29.
II as Pass., to be set against, τινί X. Oec. 10.12.
ἀνταγωνίζομαι antagōnizomai 1x
to contend, strive against, [Heb 12:4]
G464 — ἀνταγωνίζομαι
to struggle, fight; πρός τί, against a thing, [Heb 12:4] (cf. Winers Grammar, § 52, 4, 3). (Xenophon, Plato, Demosthenes, etc.)