Original Word: ἀντιλογία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: antilogia
Phonetic Spelling: (an-tee-log-ee'-ah)
Short Definition: contradiction, contention, rebellion
Definition: contradiction, contention, rebellion.

485 antilogía (from 483 /antilégō, "to dispute," derived from 473 /antí, "opposite to" and 3004 /légō, "speaking to a conclusion") – properly, a contrary conclusion which closely "corresponds," but does so in an opposite way; a controversy (dispute, "gainsaying"), taking the opposite side to attack (supposedly on the basis of sound logic).

STRONGS NT 485: ἀντιλογία

ἀντιλογία ἀντιλογίας, ἡ (ἀντίλογος, and this from ἀντιλέγω) (from Herodotus down);

1. gainsaying, contradiction: Hebrews 7:7; with the added notion of strife, Hebrews 6:16 (Exodus 18:16; Deuteronomy 19:17, etc.).

2. opposition in act (this sense is disputed by some, e. g. Lün. on Heb. as below, Meyer on Romans 10:21 (see ἀντιλέγω); contra cf. Fritzsche on Romans, the passage cited): Hebrews 12:3; rebellion, Jude 1:11 (Proverbs 17:11).

contradiction, strife.

From a derivative of antilego; dispute, disobedience -- contradiction, gainsaying, strife.

see GREEK antilego

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