Lexical Summary antilogia: gainsaying, contradiction Original Word: ἀντιλογίαTransliteration: antilogia Phonetic Spelling: (an-tee-log-ee'-ah) Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: gainsaying, contradiction Meaning: gainsaying, contradiction Strong's Concordance contradiction, strife. From a derivative of antilego; dispute, disobedience -- contradiction, gainsaying, strife. see GREEK antilego Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 485: ἀντιλογίαἀντιλογία 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). |