STRONGS NUMBER G477


Word Summary
antithesis: opposition
Original Word: ἀντίθεσις
Transliteration: antithesis
Phonetic Spelling: (an-tith'-es-is)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: opposition
Meaning: opposition
Strong's Concordance
opposition.

From a compound of anti and tithemi; opposition, i.e. A conflict (of theories) -- opposition.

see GREEK anti

see GREEK tithemi

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 477: ἀντίθεσις

ἀντίθεσις ((τίθημι, from Plato down), ἀντιθεσεως, ;

a. opposition.

b. that which is opposed: 1 Timothy 6:20, (ἀντιθέσεις τῆς ψευδωνύμου γνώσεως, the inventions of false knowledge, either mutually oppugnant, or opposed to true Christian doctrine).