Tounantion τοὐναντίον

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Tounantion
τοὐναντίον
Transliterationtounantion
Strong's numberG5121
LanguageGreek
Part of speechadverb
Glossinstead
Occurrences3 in 3 verses
Most frequent in2 Corinthians (1)

Tounantion (Greek τοὐναντίον, Strong's G5121) is a Greek adverb meaning “instead”. It occurs 3 times in 3 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

τοὐναντίον
by crasis for τὸ ἐνανίον, neut. accusative, used adverbially, on the contrary, contrariwise: 2Co.2:7, Gal.2:7, 1Pe.3:9.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVcontrariwise (3)
BSBinstead (1), contrary (1)

Verses

Every verse with Tounantion, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

2 Corinthians

Galatians

1 Peter

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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