Word Study · Strong's G476 · Greek
ἀντίδικος
antidikos
an-tid'-ee-kos
Strong's 1890 spelling: antídikos
“an opponent (in a lawsuit)”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
an opponent (in a lawsuit); specially, Satan (as the arch-enemy)
Rendered in the KJV as
adversary.
- 5occurrencesin the New Testament
- 3 of 27New Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- ἀντίδικος2
- ἀντιδίκου2
- ἀντιδίκῳ1
How it is rendered · 2
- adversary3
- accuser2
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular2
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular2
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- N-GSM · 2
- N-NSM · 2
- N-DSM · 1
All 5, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Matthew carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Matthew2 occurrences
- Matthew 5:25ἀντιδίκῳantidikōnoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singularReconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.here: accuser
- Matthew 5:25ἀντίδικοςantidikosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singularReconcile quickly with your adversary, while you are still on the way to court. Otherwise, he may hand you over to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and you may be thrown into prison.here: accuser
Luke2 occurrences
- Luke 12:58ἀντιδίκουantidikounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularMake every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.here: adversary
- Luke 18:3ἀντιδίκουantidikounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singularAnd there was a widow in that town who kept appealing to him, ‘Give me justice against my adversary.’here: adversary