ἀντί

ἀντί

(the ι is elided only in ἀνθ᾽ ὧν), prep. with genitive (cf. MM, VGT, see word);

1. prop, in local sense, over against, opposite, hence

2. instead of, in place of, for (Hom., etc.): Matt 5,38; 17,27, Luk 11,11, 1 Kor 11,15, Hebr 12,2; with artic. inf. (cl.), Jak 4,15 of succession, Matt 2,22 χάριν ἀ. χάριτος, Joh 1,16 (M, Pr., 100); of price in exchange, Hebr 12,16 λύτρον ἀ. πολλῶν, Matt 20,28, Mark 10,45 (M, Pr., 105); of requital, Rom 12,17, 1 Thess 5,16, 1 Pet 3,9 (cf. Wis 11,15); ἀνθ᾽ ὧν, because, Luk 1,20; 19,44, ApG 12,23, 2 Thess 2,10 (cl., LXX for אֲשֶׁר תַּחַת); id. therefore (cl., LXX), Luk 12,3 ἀ. τούτου (LXX for כֵּן נַעֲרָה)Ef 5,31, As a prefix, ἀντι- (before vowels ἀντ-, ἀνθ᾽-), denotes

(a) over against, ἀντιπέραν;

(b) co-operation, ἀντιβάλλειν;

(with) requital, ἀντιμισθία;

(d) opposition, ἀντίχριστος;

(e) substitution, ἀνθύπατος.

Compounds of ἀ. usually govern dative (B1., § 37, 7).†