Quick Definition
ἀνταποκρίνομαι v. I contradict
Strong's Definition
from 473 and 611; to contradict or dispute
KJV Usage: answer again, reply against
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀντ-απο-κρίνομαι ; 1 aor. pass. ἀνταπεκρίθην [see ἀποκρίνω, ii.]; to contradict in reply, to answer by contradicting, reply against: τινὶ πρός τι, Lk. xiv. 6; (Sept. Judg. y. 29 [Alex.]; Job xvi. 8; xxxii. 12; Aesop. fab. 172 ed. de Furia, [p. 353 ed. Coray]). Hence i. 4: to altercate, dispute: with dat. of pers. Ro. ix. 20. (In a mathe matical sense, to correspond to each other or be parallel, in Nicomach. arithm. 1, 8, 11 p. 77 a. [p. 17 ed. Hoche].) Cf. Win. De verb. comp. ete. Pt. iii. p. 17.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀνταποκρίνομαι antapokrinomai 2x
occurs in the NT only in the middle, to answer, speak in answer, Lk. 14:6; to reply against, contradict, dispute, Rom. 9:20*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† ἀντ-απο-κρίνομαι
(ἀντί, ἀποκρίνω), [in LXX: Jg 5:29, Jb 16:9 (8) 32:12 (ענה)*;]
to answer again, reply against: seq. πρός, c. acc. rei, Lk 14:6; c. dat. pers., Ro 9:20.†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀνταποκρίνομαι (antapokrinomai) — to contradict. ἀνταπο-κρίνομαι [ῑ], middle, answer again, [LXX+NT]; argue against, τινί[NT]
II. correspond to, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
