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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - ἀντί
ἀντί
G473
Transliteration: antí
Pronunciation: an-tee'
Definition: for
- Original: ἀντί - Transliteration: Anti - Phonetic: an-tee'
- Definition:
1. over against, opposite to, before
2. for, instead of, in place of (something)
a. instead of
b. for
c. for that, because
d. wherefore, for this cause
- Origin: a primary particle - TDNT entry: 07:12,6 - Part(s) of speech: Preposition - Strong's: A primary particle; opposite that is instead or because of (rarely in addition to): - for in the room of. Often used in composition to denote contrast requital substitution correspondence etc.