Lexical 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). |
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