King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G476
Transliteration: antidikos
Phonetic Spelling: (an-tid'-ee-kos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: an opponent, adversary
Meaning: an opponent, adversary
ἀντίδικος, ἀντίδικον (δίκη); as a substantive ὁ ἀντίδικος a. an opponent in a suit at law: Matthew 5:25; Luke 12:58; Luke 18:3 (Xenophon, Plato, often in the Attic orators).
Word Summary
antidikos: an opponent, adversary
Original Word: ἀντίδικοςTransliteration: antidikos
Phonetic Spelling: (an-tid'-ee-kos)
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Short Definition: an opponent, adversary
Meaning: an opponent, adversary
Strong's Concordance
adversary. From anti and dike; an opponent (in a lawsuit); specially, Satan (as the arch-enemy) -- adversary.
see GREEK anti
see GREEK dike
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 476: ἀντίδικοςἀντίδικος, ἀντίδικον (δίκη); as a substantive ὁ ἀντίδικος a. an opponent in a suit at law: Matthew 5:25; Luke 12:58; Luke 18:3 (Xenophon, Plato, often in the Attic orators).
b. universally, an adversavy, enemy (Aesehyl. Ag. 41; Sir. 33:9; 1 Samuel 2:10; Isaiah 41:11, etc.): 1 Peter 5:8 (unless we prefer to regard the devil as here called ἀντίδικος because he accuses men before God).