ἀντί
anti
“for”
Definition
opposite, i.e. instead or because of (rarely in addition to)
a primary particle;
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Preposition
G:PREP
Greek Preposition
Occurrences
ἀντί appears 20 times in the New Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
but that if a woman has long hair, it is her glory? For long hair is given to her as a covering.
Immediately, because Herod did not give glory to God, an angel of the Lord struck him down, and he was eaten by worms and died.
Instead, you ought to say, “If the Lord is willing, we will live and do this or that.”
What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”
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