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ἀντί

For

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ἀντί G473
Pronunciation antí

What does ἀντί (antí) mean in the Bible?

ἀντί (antí) is a Greek word meaning "for". ἀντί (the ι is elided only in ἀνθ᾽ ὧν), prep.

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Meaning

for
Extended definition

Substitution or exchange: instead of, in place of, or in requital for something else.

(the ι is elided only in ἀνθ᾽ ὧν), prep. with genitive (cf. MM, VGT, see word);

1prop, in local sense, over against, opposite, hence
2instead of, in place of, for (Hom., etc.): Mat.5:38 17:27, Luk.11:11, 1Co.11:15, Heb.12:2; with artic. inf. (cl.), Jas.4:15; of succession, Mat.2:22; χάριν ἀ. χάριτος, Jhn.1:16 (M, Pr., 100); of price in exchange, Heb.12:16; λύτρον ἀ. πολλῶν, Mat.20:28, Mrk.10:45 (M, Pr., 105); of requital, Rom.12:17, 1Th.5:16, 1Pe.3:9 (cf. Wis.11:15); ἀνθ᾽ ὧν, because, Luk.1:20 19:44, Act.12:23, 2Th.2:10 (cl., LXX for אֲשֶׁר תַּחַת); id. therefore (cl., LXX), Luk.12:3; ἀ. τούτου (LXX for כֵּן נַעֲרָה)Eph.5:31. As a prefix, ἀντι- (before vowels ἀντ-, ἀνθ᾽-), denotes
aover against, ἀντιπέραν;
bco-operation, ἀντιβάλλειν; __(with) requital, ἀντιμισθία;
dopposition, ἀντίχριστος;
esubstitution, ἀνθύπατος. Compounds of ἀ. usually govern dative (B1., § 37, 7).
Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Matt 2:22 · Matt 5:38 · Matt 17:27 · Matt 20:28 · Mark 10:45 · Luke 1:20 · Luke 11:11 · Luke 12:3 · Luke 19:44 · John 1:16 · Acts 12:23 · Rom 12:17 · 1 Cor 11:15 · Eph 5:31 · 1 Thess 5:15 · 2 Thess 2:10 22×
22 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Appears In

Compound and idiomatic lexemes in which this word is a constituent. Follow a link to study the phrase and its other participating words.

ἀντί · ἐγώ · σύ G473, G1473, G4771
on behalf of me and you; in place of me and you in the payment act
ἀντί · πολύς G473, G4183
in place of many, for many
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Mark 10 — The Way of the Servant King: Marriage, Children, Wealth, Cross, Ransom, and Sight Matthew 20 — The First-Last Kingdom, the Ransom-Giving Son of Man, and Mercy for the Blind

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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