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anthistemi (436), "to set against" (anti, "against," histemi, "to cause to stand"), used in the middle (or passive) voice and in the intransitive 2nd aorist and perfect active, signifying "to withstand, oppose, resist," is translated "to resist" in <Matt. 5:39; Acts 6:10>, KJV (RV, withstand); <Rom. 9:19>, KJV (RV, "withstandeth"); <13:2> (2nd and 3rd parts; for 1st part, see No. 3), KJV (RV, "withstandeth" and "withstand"); <Gal. 2:11>, RV (KJV, "withstood"); <2 Tim. 3:8> (2nd part), KJV (RV, "withstand"); <Jas. 4:7; 1 Pet. 5:9>, KJV (RV, "withstand"); "to withstand" in <Acts 13:8; Eph. 6:13; 2 Tim. 3:8> (1st part); <4:15>.#
(from Vine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words)
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