Gainsay
Gainsay [1]
gān -sā ´, gān´sā ( ἀντεῖπον , anteı́pon , ἀντιλέγω , antilégō , "to say or speak against"): Occurs as anteipon , "not ... able to withstand or to gainsay" ( Luke 21:15 ); as antilegō , "a disobedient and gainsaying people" ( Romans 10:21 ); 2 Esdras 5:29, contradicebant ; Judith 8:28, anthı́stēmi ; 12:14, anterō ; Additions to Esther 13:9, antitássō̄ ; 1 Macc 14:44, anteipon .
Gainsayer , antilegō ( Titus 1:9 , "exhort and convince (the Revised Version (British and American) "convict") the gainsayers").
Gainsaying , antilogı́a ( Judges 1:11 , "the gain-saying of Korah"); antilogia is Septuagint for merı̄bhāh ( Numbers 20:13 ); anantirrhḗtōs , "without contradiction" ( Acts 10:29 , "without gainsaying").
The Revised Version (British and American) has "gainsaid" for "spoken against" ( Acts 19:36 ); "not gainsaying" for "not answering again" ( Titus 2:9 ); "gainsaying" for "contradiction" ( Hebrews 12:3 ).
