Word Summary
antithesis: opposition
Original Word: ἀντίθεσιςTransliteration: antithesis
Phonetic Spelling: (an-tith'-es-is)
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: opposition
Meaning: opposition
Strong's Concordance
opposition.
From a compound of anti and tithemi; opposition, i.e. A conflict (of theories) -- opposition.
see GREEK anti
see GREEK tithemi
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 477: ἀντίθεσιςἀντίθεσις ((
τίθημι, from
Plato down),
ἀντιθεσεως,
ἡ;
a. opposition.
b. that which is opposed: 1 Timothy 6:20, (ἀντιθέσεις τῆς ψευδωνύμου γνώσεως, the inventions of false knowledge, either mutually oppugnant, or opposed to true Christian doctrine).