ἀνθ’

anth

Therefore

a primary particle; opposite, i.e. instead or because of (rarely in addition to):--for, in the room of. Often used in composition to denote contrast, requital, substitution, correspondence, etc.

G473

Luke 12:3 · Word #1

Lexicon G473

Lemmaἀντί
Transliterationantí
Strong'sG473
In-contextTherefore
Literalfor-which

Morphology PREP GEN All morphology codes

Part of Speech PREP — Preposition — Shows relationship between words
Case GEN — Genitive — Possession, source, or separation

Lexical Info

Lemmaἀντί
Strong'sG473

SIBI-P1 G473-01

in place of (governing a genitive)

Rootἀντί (antí)
Core Meaningsin place of, instead of, in exchange for, corresponding to, because of
Semantic Rangesubstitution (instead of), exchange or recompense (in return for), equivalence (corresponding to), causation (because of), contrast (over against)
Conceptual Significanceἀντί expresses the principle of substitution and recompense found in biblical law and theology (e.g., "eye in place of eye"). It also underlies themes of representative exchange and vicarious action, where one stands or acts in the place of another.
Morphological NotesPreposition (Gr,P) regularly governing the genitive case (G). The surface form ἀνθ’ is an elided form of ἀντί before a following vowel.
Rendering RationaleThe preposition ἀντί fundamentally denotes substitution, exchange, or correspondence. Rendering it as "in place of" preserves its core sense of replacement or equivalence, while noting that it governs the genitive reflects the grammatical construction shown in the morphology (preposition with genitive object).

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Words from Root ἀντί (in place of, instead of, in exchange for, corresponding to, because of)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G473-02 anti in place of

Word Usage (22 occurrences of G473)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Matthew 2:22 ἀντὶ anti in place of
Matthew 5:38 ἀντὶ anti
Matthew 5:38 ἀντὶ anti-2
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