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tounantion

Greekτοὐναντίον (tounantion)

Strong’sG5121

on the contrary

stem tounanti-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books0 of 6 forms occur

Translated as

on the contraryinstead

What it means

τοὐναντίον

by crasis for τὸ ἐνανίον, neut. acc, used adverbially, on the contrary, contrariwise: II Co 2:7, Ga 2:7, I Pe 3:9.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G5121 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidtoo-nan-tee'-on

on the contrary

Fromcontraction for the neuter of G3588 and G1726;

King Jamescontrariwise.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence caseone singularmore than one plural
subject or object directtounantiontounantion
of, belonging to genitivetounantiontounantion
to, for dativetounantiontounantion

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
tounantionstem

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

3 occurrences, every one of them listed

tounantion

2 Corinthians 2:7“instead”hōste tounantion mallon vin charizera kai parakalara, mē pōs ta perissotera lupa katapiniteia tos toioutos.So instead, you ought to forgive and comfort him, so that he will not be overwhelmed by excessive sorrow.

Galatians 2:7“on the contrary”alla tounantion horaratois hoti pisteuimē tem euangeliem tau akrobustiau kathōs Petros tau peritomau,On the contrary, they saw that I had been entrusted to preach the gospel to the uncircumcised, just as Peter had been to the circumcised.

1 Peter 3:9“on the contrary”mē apodōarōtois kakem anti kakeu ē loidorian anti loidoriau tounantion de eulogarōtois, hoti eis houtem kaliva hina eulogian klēronomaveia.Do not repay evil with evil or insult with insult, but with blessing, because to this you were called so that you may inherit a blessing.