ἀντίδικος
antídikos · G476 · Greek · 5 occurrences
Meanings
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accuser, plaintiff
One who brings an accusation against someone
ExamplesMatthew 5:25 “Come to good terms with your accuser quickly, while you are with him on the way to court, so that your accuser will not hand you over to the judge, and the judge to the officer, and you will not be thrown into prison.
Luke 12:58 “For when you are going with your accuser to appear before the magistrate, on the way, make an effort to settle with him, so that he does not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.
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adversary, enemy
One who is actively and continuously hostile toward someone
ExamplesLuke 18:3 “Now there was a widow in that city, and she kept coming to him, saying, ‘Give me justice against my opponent.’
1 Peter 5:8 Be of sober spirit, be on the alert. Your adversary, the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
4 occurrences in 2 groups
- σύyou 3
- ἐγώI, we 1
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- διάβολοςdevil 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- παραδίδωμιto hand over, to betray 1
- περιπατέωto walk 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
2 occurrences in 2 groups
- μετάwith, after 2
- ἀπόfrom 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- ἐχθρός echthrós · G2190 · being an enemy, in opposition to
- General Greek term for enemy/adversary; ἀντίδικος emphasizes legal opposition specifically (lawsuit opponent), while ἐχθρός denotes broader personal or military enmity, but both can refer to an adversarial opponent.
- κατήγορος katḗgoros · G2725 · accuser
- One who brings charges or accusations; overlaps with ἀντίδικος in the legal sphere as both refer to courtroom opponents, though κατήγορος specifically emphasizes the accusatory role rather than general legal opposition.
In the other Testament 3 words
- שָׂטָן sâṭân · H7854 · adversary, opponent, accuser
- Hebrew cognate noun meaning adversary/accuser, used both for human opponents and for Satan as the Accuser; direct translation equivalent in Job and Zechariah contexts where both legal opposition and spiritual enmity are in view.
- צַר tsar · H6862 · narrow, small
- Common Hebrew term for adversary/opponent in both legal and military contexts; broader than ἀντίδικος but overlaps significantly in the adversarial sense.
- אֹיֵב ʼôyêb · H341 · to be (someone's) enemy, enemy
- Primary Hebrew term for enemy; while less specifically legal than ἀντίδικος, it captures the adversarial relationship and is a standard translation equivalent for opponent/adversary terminology.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- Adversary, enemy39.9
- In 1 Peter 5:8, believers are warned, “Your adversary (antídikos), the devil, prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour,” naming a hostile enemy in a general, non-legal sense.
- Accuser, plaintiff56.11
- In Matthew 5:25, Jesus counsels, “Come to good terms with your accuser (antidíkō) quickly, while you are with him on the way to court, so that your accuser will not hand you over to the judge,” naming the party bringing a legal complaint.
Word family 21 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀντίδικον (δίκη); as a substantive ὁ ἀντίδικος a. an opponent in a suit at law: Mt 5:25;…
b. universally, an adversavy, enemy (Aesehyl. Ag. 41; Sir. 33:9; 1 Sam 2:10; Isa 41:11, etc.): 1 Pet 5:8 (unless we prefer to regard the devil as here called ἀντίδικος because he accuses men before God).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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