What does ἀντίδικος (antídikos) mean in the Bible?
ἀντίδικος (antídikos): Legal adversary with hostile intent; Satan as ultimate opponent in cosmic lawsuit against believers.
Greek · G476
ἀντίδικος
An opponent (in a lawsuit); specially, Satan (as the arch-enemy)
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ἀντίδικος G476
Pronunciation antídikos
What does ἀντίδικος (antídikos) mean in the Bible?
ἀντίδικος (antídikos): Legal adversary with hostile intent; Satan as ultimate opponent in cosmic lawsuit against believers.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G476?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include adversary (4), [he] (1).
Where does ἀντίδικος (antídikos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 5:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Luke (2), Matthew (2), 1 Peter (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 adversary 4× Matthew 5:25, Luke 12:58, Luke 18:3, 1 Peter 5:8
[he] 1× Matthew 5:25
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 5:25 ἀντιδίκῳ to adversary Noun - Dative Masculine Singular Matthew 5:25 ἀντίδικος to [he] Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Luke 12:58 ἀντιδίκου to adversary Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular Luke 18:3 ἀντιδίκου to adversary Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 1 Peter 5:8 ἀντίδικος to adversary Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 5:25
Aligned rows 5
Books represented 3
Matthew 2 Luke 2 1 Peter 1
Source forms
ἀντίδικος 2x antidikos Matthew 5:25, 1 Peter 5:8
ἀντιδίκου 2x antidikou Luke 12:58, Luke 18:3
ἀντιδίκῳ 1x antidikō Matthew 5:25
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 2x Luke 12:58, Luke 18:3
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular 2x Matthew 5:25, 1 Peter 5:8
Noun - Dative Masculine Singular 1x Matthew 5:25
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Legal adversary with hostile intent; Satan as ultimate opponent in cosmic lawsuit against believers.
Strong's G476
Lexical occurrences 5 verses Greek text appearances 5 times Word forms 3 forms 5 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Matthew 5:25 Source Gloss
an opponent (in a lawsuit); specially, Satan (as the arch-enemy)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Legal adversary with hostile intent; Satan as ultimate opponent in cosmic lawsuit against believers.
(δίκη), [in LXX for רִיב ;] as subst., an opponent in a lawsuit, adversary: Mat.5:25, Luk.12:58 18:3, 1Pe.5:8 (Cremer, 696; MM, VGT, see word).
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 5:25 Noun Dative Singular Masculine
ἀντιδίκῳ antidikw
an opponent, adversary
Read verse Matthew 5:25 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀντίδικος antidikov
an opponent, adversary
Read verse Luke 12:58 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ἀντιδίκου antidikou
an opponent, adversary
Read verse Luke 18:3 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ἀντιδίκου antidikou
an opponent, adversary
Read verse 1 Peter 5:8 Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀντίδικος antidikov
an opponent, adversary
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 this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 3 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 3 Aligned forms 5 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Singular (5)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:25 · 1 Pet 5:8 2×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Luke 12:58 · Luke 18:3 2×
Dative · Singular · Masculine Matt 5:25 1×
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Biblical Witnesses
opponent in a legal dispute, literal courtroom context
opponent in lawsuit, practical legal and relational warning
Satan as spiritual enemy seeking to devour believers
Showing 3 selected witnesses from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀντίδικος is built from these roots:
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