Word Summary
tounantion: on the contrary
Original Word: τοὐναντίονTransliteration: tounantion
Phonetic Spelling: (too-nan-tee'-on)
Part of Speech: Adverb, Correlative
Short Definition: on the contrary
Meaning: on the contrary
Strong's Concordance
on the contrary
Contraction for the neuter of ho and enantion; on the contrary -- contrariwise.
see GREEK ho
see GREEK enantion
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5121: τοὐναντίοντοὐναντίον (by crasis for
τό ἀναντιον (
Buttmann, 10)) ((Arstpb.,
Thucydides, others)),
on the contrary, contrariwise (
Vulg.e contrario), accusative used adverbially (
Winer's Grammar, 230 (216)):
2 Corinthians 2:7;
Galatians 2:7;
1 Peter 3:9.