What does ἀνταποκρίνομαι (antapokrínomai) mean in the Bible?
ἀνταποκρίνομαι (antapokrínomai) is a Greek word meaning "to contradict or dispute".
Greek · G470
ἀνταποκρίνομαι
To contradict or dispute
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ἀνταποκρίνομαι G470
Pronunciation antapokrínomai
What does ἀνταποκρίνομαι (antapokrínomai) mean in the Bible?
ἀνταποκρίνομαι (antapokrínomai) is a Greek word meaning "to contradict or dispute".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G470?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include to answer (1), to talk back (1).
Where does ἀνταποκρίνομαι (antapokrínomai) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Luke 14:6. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (1), Romans (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It to answer 1× Luke 14:6
to talk back 1× Romans 9:20
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Luke 14:6
Aligned rows 2
Books represented 2
Luke 1 Romans 1
Source forms
ἀνταποκριθῆναι 1x antapokrithēnai Luke 14:6
ἀνταποκρινόμενος 1x antapokrinomenos Romans 9:20
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Passive 1x Luke 14:6
Verb - Present Participle Middle or Passive - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Romans 9:20
Evidence Summary
Greek word. to contradict or dispute
Strong's G470
Lexical occurrences 2 verses Greek text appearances 2 times Word forms 2 forms 2 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to contradict or dispute
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Luke 14:6 Verb Aorist Passive Deponent Infinitive
ἀνταποκριθῆναι antapokriqhnai
I contradict
Read verse Romans 9:20 Verb Present Middle or Passive Deponent Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀνταποκρινόμενος antapokrinomenov
I contradict
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 2 Aligned forms 2 Tenses Aorist, Present Voices Passive, Middle
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Aorist Passive Luke 14:6 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 1×
Present Middle Rom 9:20 1×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 2 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 1 present 1
Voice
passive 1 middle 1
Mood
infinitive 1 participle 1
NT Occurrences
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἀνταποκρίνομαι is built from these roots:
Part of These Phrases
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Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain