ἀντίθεσις
antíthesis · G477 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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contradiction
A statement which involves direct contradiction or is logically inconsistent
Examples1 Timothy 6:20 Timothy, protect what has been entrusted to you, avoiding worldly, empty chatter and the opposing arguments of what is falsely called “knowledge”—
How it’s used In 2 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
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- γνῶσιςknowledge 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐκτρέπωto turn aside, to avoid 1
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἀντιλογία antilogía · G485 · dispute, contradictory statements, contradiction
- Greek noun denoting contradiction or dispute, particularly verbal opposition; both terms refer to conflict or opposition, though ἀντιλογία emphasizes the act of speaking against while ἀντίθεσις emphasizes the positioning of one thing against another
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Contradiction33.457
- In 1 Timothy 6:20, Timothy is told to protect what has been entrusted to him, “avoiding worldly, empty chatter and the opposing arguments (antithéseis) of what is falsely called 'knowledge,'” naming claims that directly contradict sound teaching.
Word family 49 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ((τίθημι, from Plato down), ἀντιθεσεως, ἡ; a. opposition. b. that which is opposed: 1 Tim…
a. opposition.
b. that which is opposed: 1 Tim 6:20, (ἀντιθέσεις τῆς ψευδωνύμου γνώσεως, the inventions of false knowledge, either mutually oppugnant, or opposed to true Christian doctrine).
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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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