Strong G485ἀντιλογία

dispute

Transliteration
antilogia
Pronunciation
an-tee-log-ee'-ah
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From a derivative of G483; dispute disobedience: - contradiction gainsaying strife.

Detailed definition

ἀντιλογία, -ας ἡ
(ἀντιλέγω), [in LXX chiefly for רִיב;]
gain-saying, strife (the latter sense being found in π.; see MM, VGT, see word; cf. Field, Notes, 106): Heb.6:16 7:7 12:3, Ju 11.†
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In the Bible

Strong G485 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • contradiction2
  • gainsaying1
  • of1
  • strife1

First verses

  1. Hebrews 6:16
    For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
  2. Hebrews 7:7
    And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
  3. Hebrews 12:3
    For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
  4. Jude 1:11
    Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀντιλογ-ία, ἡ,
contradiction, controversy, ἀ. χρησμῶν πέρι λέγειν[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.77)]; ἡμέας.. ἐς ἀ. παρέξομεν will offer ourselves to argue the point, [Refs ([prev. author] 9.87)]; ἐδόκεον ἀντιλογίης κυρήσειν expected to be allowed to argue it,[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 88; εἰς -ίαν κατέστησαν 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator “Fragmenta” 75.1; -ίας ἅπτεσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 454b; ἐς -ίαν τινί γενέσθαι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.73; ἀ. καί λοιδορία 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 40.32)]; ἀντιλογίαν ἔχει it is open to contradiction, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1418b25, compare 1414b3)]: in plural, opposing arguments, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 775; δι᾽ ἀντιλογιῶν καταλλαγῆναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.59; ἀ. πρός τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 6.3.20; ἐς -ίαν ἐλθεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.31)]; ἀντιλογίαν ἐν αὑτῷ ἔχειν to have grounds for defence in itself, [Refs ([prev. author] 2.87)]; ἄνευ -ίας without dispute, [Refs (“BGU” 1133.15 (Aug.),etc.)]
2 later, quarrel, dispute, [NT+3rd c.BC+ (PPetr. 2p.56(3rd c.BC), “PGrenf.” 1.38.8 (2nd-1st c.BC), NT.Heb.12.3, etc.)]
3 right, claim, τοῦ αὐτοῦ λάκκου[Refs 6th c.AD+ (“POxy.” 1892 (6th c.AD).)]