Gainsay, Gainsayer, Gainsaying
Gainsay, Gainsayer, Gainsaying
“to contradict, oppose,” lit., “say against,” is translated “gainsaying” in Rom 10:21; Tit 2:9, RV (AV, “answering again”), of servants in regard to masters; in Tit 1:9 “gainsayers.” Moulton and Milligan (Vocab.) illustrate from the papyri “the strong sense of antilego in Rom 10:21, ‘contradict,’ ‘oppose’.” See ANSWER, CONTRADICT.
which serves as an aorist tense of No. 1, is rendered “gainsay” in Luk 21:15; “say against” in Act 4:14. See SAY.
akin to A, No. 1, is rendered “gainsaying,” in Heb 12:3, RV, and Jud 1:11. Opposition in act seems to be implied in these two places; though this sense has been questioned by some, it is confirmed by instances from the papyri (Moulton and Milligan, Vocab.). See CONTRADICTION, DISPUTE, STRIFE.
lit., “not to be spoken against” (a, negative, n, euphonic, anti, “against,” rhetos, “spoken”), is rendered “cannot be gainsaid” in Act 19:36, RV.
corresponding to C, is translated “without gainsaying” in Act 10:29; it might be rendered “unquestioningly.”