Greek preposition · G473
ἀντί
antian-tee'
prop, in local sense, over against, opposite, hence; instead of, in place of, for
22 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: antí
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G473is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 13 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G473
opposite, i.e. instead or because of (rarely in addition to)
The King James renders it: for, in the room of.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
anti is rendered "prop, in local sense, over against, opposite, hence; instead of, in place of, for". It stands 22 times in the Greek text, across thirteen books.
- Five of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "prop, in local sense, over against, opposite, hence".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 2:22But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
Matthew 2:22ἀντὶ
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in thirteen of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
The word carries two meanings: prop, in local sense, over against, opposite, hence, and instead of, in place of, for.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| prop, in local sense, over against, opposite, hence | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 2:22But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod… |
| instead of, in place of, for | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 2:22But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀντιλέγω | antilego | to dispute | Uses9 |
| ἀντίκειμαι | antikeimai | be an opponent | Uses8 |
| ἀντίδικος | antidikos | opponent | Uses5 |
| ἀντίχριστος | antichristos | antichrist | Uses5 |
| ἀντιτάσσομαι | antitassomai | to resist | Uses5 |
| ἀντιλογία | antilogia | dispute | Uses4 |
| ἀντιλαμβάνομαι | antilambanomai | to help | Uses3 |
| ἀντίτυπον | antitypon | representation | Uses2 |
| ἀντιμισθία | antimisthia | recompense | Uses2 |
| ἀντιπαρέρχομαι | antiparerchomai | to pass | Uses2 |
| ἀντικρύ | antikry | opposite | Uses1 |
| ἀντιβάλλω | antiballo | to discuss | Uses1 |
and 11 more on the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 22, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἀντὶ17
- ἀνθ᾽5
The grammar of each form
- preposition22PREP
Matthew
five uses
But when he learned that Archelaus was reigning in Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. And having been warned in a dream, he withdrew to the district of Galilee,
- ἀντὶantiprepositiontagged: in place of
You have heard that it was said, ‘Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.’
- ἀντὶantiprepositiontagged: for
- ἀντὶantiprepositiontagged: for
“But so that we may not offend them, go to the sea, cast a hook, and take the first fish you catch. When you open its mouth, you will find a four-drachma coin. Take it and give it to them for My tax and yours.”
- ἀντὶantiprepositiontagged: for
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
- ἀντὶantiprepositiontagged: for
Mark
one use
For even the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
- ἀντὶantiprepositiontagged: for
Luke
four uses
And now you will be silent and unable to speak until the day this comes to pass, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled at their proper time.”
- ἀνθ᾽anth᾽prepositiontagged: in return for
What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?
- ἀντὶantiprepositiontagged: instead of
What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
- ἀνθ᾽anth᾽prepositiontagged: Instead
They will level you to the ground—you and the children within your walls. They will not leave one stone on another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation from God.”
- ἀνθ᾽anth᾽prepositiontagged: because
John
one use
From His fullness we have all received grace upon grace.
- ἀντὶantiprepositiontagged: for
Acts
one use
Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
- ἀνθ᾽anth᾽prepositiontagged: in return
Romans
one use
Do not repay anyone evil for evil. Carefully consider what is right in the eyes of everybody.
- ἀντὶantiprepositiontagged: for
1 Corinthians
one use
but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.
- ἀντὶantiprepositiontagged: instead
Ephesians
one use
“For this reason a man will leave his father and mother and be united to his wife, and the two will become one flesh.”
- ἀντὶantiprepositiontagged: Because of
1 Thessalonians
one use
Make sure that no one repays evil for evil. Always pursue what is good for one another and for all people.
- ἀντὶantiprepositiontagged: for
2 Thessalonians
one use
and with every wicked deception directed against those who are perishing, because they refused the love of the truth that would have saved them.
- ἀνθ᾽anth᾽prepositiontagged: in return for
Hebrews
two uses
Let us fix our eyes on Jesus, the author and perfecter of our faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, scorning its shame, and sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- ἀντὶantiprepositiontagged: in view of
See to it that no one is sexually immoral, or is godless like Esau, who for a single meal sold his birthright.
- ἀντὶantiprepositiontagged: for
James
one use
Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
- ἀντὶantiprepositiontagged: Instead
1 Peter
two uses
Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.
- ἀντὶantiprepositiontagged: for
- ἀντὶantiprepositiontagged: for
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.