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ἀντί

Transliteration: anti · preposition

22x in NTFirst: Matt 2:22
Meaninginstead of, for
Part of speechpreposition
Frequency22x in the New Testament
Key inflected formsἀντὶ, ἀνθ’
Example versesMatt 2:22 · Matt 5:38 · Matt 17:27 · Matt 20:28 · Mark 10:45
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What kind of word is ἀντί?

ἀντί (anti) is a preposition that occurs 22 times in the Greek New Testament (Koine). It means “instead of, for” and first appears in Matt 2:22.

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