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Strong G476ἀντίδικος

opponent

Transliteration
antidikos
Pronunciation
an-tid'-ee-kos
Morphology
Greek Noun (Masculine)

Definition

From G473 and G1349; an opponent (in a lawsuit); specifically Satan (as the arch enemy): - adversary.

Detailed definition

ἀντίδικος, -ον
(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).†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G476 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • adversary5

First verses

  1. Matthew 5:25
    Agree with thine adversary quickly, whiles thou art in the way with him; lest at any time the adversary deliver thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and thou be cast into prison.
  2. Luke 12:58
    When thou goest with thine adversary to the magistrate, as thou art in the way, give diligence that thou mayest be delivered from him; lest he hale thee to the judge, and the judge deliver thee to the officer, and the officer cast thee into prison.
  3. Luke 18:3
    And there was a widow in that city; and she came unto him, saying, Avenge me of mine adversary.
  4. 1 Peter 5:8
    Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour:
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀντίδῐκ-ος, ον,
opponent or adversary in a suit, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.165, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Phaedrus” 273c: _feminine_, ἡ ἀ. “POxy.” 37i8(1st c.AD))]: properly, the defendant, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.2)]; but also, the plaintiff, Lys7.13; ἀ. πρός τινα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.5)]:—generally, opponent, adversary, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 41)]; ἀληθινῶν ἀ. [[NT+1st c.BC+ (1st c.AD(?): Heraclitus] 133, cf. NT.1Pet.5.8, 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Ir.” p.65W.)]