instead or because of

prop, in local sense, , , hence; over against opposite , , (Hom., etc.): , , , ; c. artic. inf. (cl.), ; of succession, ; , (M, , 100); of price in exchange, ; , , (M, , 105); of requital, , , (cf. ); , , , , (cl., LXX for ); id. therefore (cl., LXX), ; (LXX for ), . As a prefix, (before vowels , ), denotes instead of in place of for because Mt 5:38 17:27 Lk 11:11 I Co 11:15 He 12:2 Ja 4:15 Mt 2:22 Jo 1:16 He 12:16 Mt 20:28 Mk 10:45 Ro 12:17 I Th 5:15 I Pe 3:9 Wi 11:15 Lk 1:20 19:44 Ac 12:23 II Th 2:10 Lk 12:3 Eph 5:31 χάριν ἀ. χάριτος λύτρον ἀ. πολλῶν ἀνθ᾽ ὧν אֲשֶׁר תַּחַת ἀ. τούτου עַל־כֵּן ἀντι- ἀντ- ἀνθ᾽- Pr. Pr. , ; over against ἀντιπέραν co-operation, ; ἀντιβάλλειν requital, ; ἀντιμισθία opposition, ; ἀντίχριστος substitution, . Compounds of usually govern dat. (Bl., § 37, 7).† ἀνθύπατος ἀ.

opposite, i.e. instead or because of (rarely in addition to)

for, in the room of