Lexicon tounantion: on the contrary Original Word: τοὐναντίονPart of Speech: Adverb, Correlative Transliteration: tounantion Phonetic Spelling: (too-nan-tee'-on) Short Definition: on the contrary Definition: on the contrary, on the other hand. HELPS word-Studies 5121 tounantíon (from the neuter definite article 3588 /ho, and 1726 /enantíon, "the condition of being set against") – properly, the condition (situation) of being against ("on the contrary"). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originadverb from contr. of ho, and enantionDefinitionon the contrary NASB Translationcontrary (2), instead (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 5121: τοὐναντίοντοὐναντίον (by crasis for τό ἀναντιον ( Buttmann, 10)) ((Arstpb., Thucydides, others)), on the contrary, contrariwise ( Vulg.e contrario), accusative used adverbially ( Winer's Grammar, 230 (216)): 2 Corinthians 2:7; Galatians 2:7; 1 Peter 3:9.
Strong's on the contrary Contraction for the neuter of ho and enantion; on the contrary -- contrariwise. see GREEK ho see GREEK enantion |
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