Gainsay

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ISBE 1915

From the International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915). Where it reports or adopts critical theories, those are the views of its writers or the scholars they cite; Gospel Companion holds the historic Christian view of Scripture.

gan-sa, gan'-sa (anteipon, antilego, "to say or speak against"): Occurs as anteipon, "not .... able to withstand or to gainsay" (Lu 21:15); as antilego, "a disobedient and gainsaying people" (Ro 10:21); /APC 2Esdras 5:29, contradicebant; /APC Judith 8:28, anthistemi; /APC Judith 12:14, antero; Additions to Esther 9:13, antitasso; /APC 1Macc 14:44, anteipon.

Gainsayer, antilego (Tit 1:9, "exhort and convince (the Revised Version (British and American) "convict") the gainsayers").

Gainsaying, antilogia (Jude 1:11, "the gain-saying of Korah"); antilogia is Septuagint for meribhah (Nu 20:13); anantirrhetos, "without contradiction" (Ac 10:29, "without gainsaying").

The Revised Version (British and American) has "gainsaid" for "spoken against" (Ac 19:36); "not gainsaying" for "not answering again" (Tit 2:9); "gainsaying" for "contradiction" Heb 12:3).

W. L. Walker

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (1915) · public domain

In Scripture

Luke 21:15 Romans 10:21 Esther 9:13 Titus 1:9 Jude 1:11 Numbers 20:13 Acts 10:29 Acts 19:36 Titus 2:9 Hebrews 12:3

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