ἀντιπίπτετε (Antipiptetē)

MEANINGYou are actively resisting --- falling against with force. From anti (against) + piptō (to fall). Vigorous, deliberate, sustained counter-pressure against the Holy Spirit.

GRAMMARPresent active indicative, 2nd person plural. The present tense describes an ongoing, habitual action pattern. Combined with aei (always), the sentence reads: 'at all times, as an ongoing habit, you are actively falling against the Holy Spirit.' Classical Greek uses the word for armed military opposition.

SIGNIFICANCEActs 7:51 is Thread 4's most direct NT statement: the Holy Spirit's work is genuinely resistible. Stephen's accusation is only coherent if what he accuses them of is actually possible --- you cannot be guilty of resisting what is by definition irresistible. The word antipiptetē describes active pushing-back, not passive non-response or constitutive inability.

KEY VERSE / SCRIPTURESActs 7:51 (only NT occurrence).

CROSS-REFERENCESActs 7:51 · ἀεί aei (always --- intensifies the present tense) · מָשַׁכְ mashakh / ἑλκύω helkyō (the drawing that antipiptetē resists)