What does ἀντίχριστος (antíchristos) mean in the Bible?
ἀντίχριστος (antíchristos) is a Greek word meaning "an opponent of the Messiah".
Greek · G500
ἀντίχριστος
An opponent of the Messiah
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ἀντίχριστοςG500
Pronunciationantíchristos
What does ἀντίχριστος (antíchristos) mean in the Bible?
ἀντίχριστος (antíchristos) is a Greek word meaning "an opponent of the Messiah".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G500?
The BSB source-word alignment has 5 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include antichrist (3), antichrists (1), the antichrist (1).
Where does ἀντίχριστος (antíchristos) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 1 John 2:18. Its strongest book concentrations include 1 John (4), 2 John (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 Itantichrist3×1 John 2:22, 1 John 4:3, 2 John 1:7
antichrists1×1 John 2:18
the antichrist1×1 John 2:18
Show sample aligned rows
1 John 2:18ἀντίχριστοςtothe antichristNoun - Nominative Masculine Singular1 John 2:18ἀντίχριστοιtoantichristsNoun - Nominative Masculine Plural1 John 2:22ἀντίχριστοςtoantichristNoun - Nominative Masculine Singular1 John 4:3ἀντιχρίστουtoantichristNoun - Genitive Masculine Singular2 John 1:7ἀντίχριστοςtoantichristNoun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row1 John 2:18
Aligned rows5
Books represented2
1 John42 John1
Source forms
ἀντίχριστος3xantichristos1 John 2:18, 1 John 2:22, 2 John 1:7
ἀντίχριστοι1xantichristoi1 John 2:18
ἀντιχρίστου1xantichristou1 John 4:3
Parsing patterns
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular3x1 John 2:18, 1 John 2:22, 2 John 1:7
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular1x1 John 4:3
Noun - Nominative Masculine Plural1x1 John 2:18
Evidence Summary
Messiah
Greek word. an opponent of the Messiah
Strong'sG500
Lexical occurrences5 versesGreek text appearances5 timesWord forms3 forms5 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
an opponent of the Messiah
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
5 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
1 John 2:18Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀντίχριστοςanticristov
antichrist
Read verse1 John 2:18Noun Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀντίχριστοιanticristoi
antichrist
Read verse1 John 2:22Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀντίχριστος,anticristov
antichrist
Read verse1 John 4:3Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
ἀντιχρίστου,anticristou
antichrist
Read verse2 John 1:7Noun Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀντίχριστος.anticristov
antichrist
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 patterns3Aligned forms5Case patternNominative (4)Number patternSingular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Nominative · Singular · Masculine1 John 2:18 · 1 John 2:22 · 2 John 1:73×
Nominative · Plural · Masculine1 John 2:181×
Genitive · Singular · Masculine1 John 4:31×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
1-johnAntichristantíchristos
one opposed to or replacing Christ
Showing 1 selected witness from 5 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀντίχριστος is built from these roots:
Why This Word Matters
Identifies those who deny the true identity of Jesus and actively oppose His messianic claim.
Canonical Themes
Messiah