Bible Lexicons

The strong sense which Lightfoot gives to this word in Colossians 2:14 ἐξαλείψας τὸ καθ᾽ ἡμῶν χειρόγραφον τοῖς δόγμασιν, ὃ ἦν ὑπεναντίον ἡμῖν, ";which was directly opposed to us,"; may be illustrated from an early second century Will, P Oxy III. 493.10, where it is enacted that no one shall be permitted to set aside any of the provisions, or do anything opposed to them—τι ] ὑπεναντίως π ̣[οιεῖν. Cf. also P Flor I. 1.9 (A.D. 153) μηδ᾽ ἄλλο τι περὶ αὐτῆς κακοτεχνεῖν ὑπεναντίον τούτοις τρόπῳ μηδενί, and an inscr. in C. and B, ii. p. 717, No. 651 (mid. iii /A.D.) εἰ δέ τις ὑπεναντίον ποιή [σει. . . A Christian amulet, P Oxy VIII. 1151.55 (v/A.D.?) designed to ward off fever and other ills, ends with the words—ὅτι τὸ ὄνομά σου, κ (ύρι)ε ὁ θ (εό)ς, ἐπικαλεσά [μ ]ην τὸ θαυμαστὸν καὶ ὑπερένδοξον καὶ φοβερὸν τοῖς ὑπεναντι ̣ο ̣ι ̣ς, ";upon thy name, O Lord God, have I called, the wonderful and exceeding glorious name, the terror of thy foes"; (Ed.) (cf. Hebrews 10:27).