Quick Definition
ἀντίθεσις, εως, ἡ n.f. opposition
Strong's Definition
from a compound of 473 and 5087; opposition, i.e. a conflict (of theories)
KJV Usage: opposition
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -εως | τίθημι
33.457 · Communication · Oppose, Contradict
contradiction a statement which involves direct contradiction or is logically inconsistent
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀντίθεσις, [(τίθημι), fr. Plato down],-ews, ἡ; 8. Opposition. b. that which is opposed: 1 Tim. vi. 20 (avτιθέσεις τῆς ψευδων. γνώσ. the inventions of false knowledge, either mutually oppugnant, or opposed to true Christian doctrine).
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀντίθεσις antithesis 1x
pr. opposition; hence, a question proposed for dispute, disputation, 1 Tim. 6:20*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* ἀντί-θεσις, -εως, ἡ
(< τίθημι),
opposition: I Ti 6:20.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀντίθεσις. The verbal adj. is used in a report of ii/B.C. regarding the peculations of certain officials, P Tebt I. 2453, one of the 47 ἀντιλαμβάνομαι charges against them being that they had ‘‘ wormed themselves” (αὑτοὺς ἐνειληκότων) into certain positions ἀντιθέταις τῆς καθ᾽ ἑαυτοὺς ἀσχολία (/.—as), ‘inconsistent with their own work” (Edd.). ἀντικαθίστη μι. P Oxy I. 97° (A.D. 115-6) περὶ ἧς ἀντ[εἸκατέστη αὐτοῖς ἐπὶ τοῦ τοῦ νομοῦ [σ]τρ(ατηγοῦ) ᾿Απολλωνίο(υ), BGU I. 168" (probably A.D. 169) mp[d]s ἣν καὶ ἀν]τικατέσ[την] ἐπὶ Αἰλίου, and 1.1 ἐφ᾽ οὗ καὶ ἀντικατέϊσήτην... πρὸς τὸν Οὐαλέριον. For the subst. see P Oxy II. 2608 δ (a.p. 59) ἐξ ἧς ἐποιησάμε[θα] πρὸς] ἑαυτοὺ (1. -ovs) ἐπὶ τοῦ στρατηγοῦ - ἀντικαταστάσεως, “in consequence of our confronting each other before the strategus” (Edd.); BGU III. 8687 (li/A.D.) ἐν] δὲ] τῇ γενομένῃ ἐπὶ σοῦ, κύριε, ἀ[ν]τικαταἰστάσει, and Sy// 3557 (Chios, c. A.D. 3) ὕστερον δὲ ἑκατέρου μέρους ἐξ ἀντικαϊτα] στάσεως περὶ τῶν κατὰ μέρος ζητημάτων ἐν(τ)υχόντος διήκουσα.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀντίθεσις (antithesis) — opposition. ἀντί-θεσις, εως, ἡ, opposition, [Refs 5th c.BC+]correspond to.., [Refs 4th c.BC+]; resistance, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
2. in Logic, opposition of propositions, in plural, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. b substitution of the contradictory, as 'not-man' for 'man', ἡ σὺν -θέσει ἀντιστροφή, conversion by negation, e.g. 'man is an animal ∴ what is not an animal cannot be a man', [Refs]
3. Rhet., antithesis, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; in forensic oratory, counter-proposition, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
4. Grammars, change or transposition of a letter,[Refs]