hostile
enantios describes opposition, whether directed against people or actions, encountered as adverse winds, or expressed by facing someone.
The attested uses chiefly describe opposition directed toward people, conduct, or a group; they also describe winds that hinder travel and, once, a position facing someone. The forms occur in clauses concerning actions against Jesus’ name, people and customs, an opposing party, adverse winds, and a centurion standing facing Jesus.
Senses in use
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Opposition toward people, actions, or a group · dominant
In Acts 26:9, the accusative plural neuter form qualifies the many things the speaker believed he ought to do concerning the name of Jesus of Nazareth; the APB renders the clause with "hostile to the name of Jesus of Nazareth." In 1 Thessalonians 2:15, Titus 2:8, and Acts 28:17, the forms occur in statements about conduct toward all people, an opposing side, and the people or ancestral customs.
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Adverse wind or conditions · common
In Mark 6:48 and Matthew 14:24, the nominative singular masculine form occurs where wind hinders a boat and its rowers; the APB renders the wind as "against them" and "contrary." In Acts 27:4, the accusative plural masculine form occurs in the reason for sailing under Cyprus’ lee, because the winds were against the travelers.
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Positioned facing someone · rare
In Mark 15:39, the genitive singular feminine form occurs with the centurion’s position as he watched Jesus die; the APB renders him as standing "facing him."
In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term with "hostile," "against," "contrary," and "facing him" across these verses. These are renderings of whole clauses in a translation and do not by themselves mark a fixed English equivalent for each form.