ἀντίχριστος G0500
Antichrist: one who opposes or falsely claims to replace Christ; a deceiver denying the Father and Son.
Unique to the Johannine epistles, this compound word (anti + christos) denotes not merely an opponent of Christ but a counterfeit replacement -- someone who denies the incarnation and the Father-Son relationship. John warns that many antichrists have already come (1 John 2:18), identifying anyone who denies Jesus is the Christ as 'the antichrist' (1 John 2:22). The term functions both as a specific eschatological figure and as a category encompassing present deceivers (2 John 1:7). Spanish 'anticristo' and German 'Antichrist' preserve the Greek compound directly, showing how universally recognizable this theological term has become.
Senses
1. sense 1 — One who opposes Christ or sets up a rival claim to his identity, encompassing both a prophesied end-times figure and present-day deceivers who deny the incarnation. In 1 John 2:18 the singular 'antichrist is coming' stands alongside the plural 'many antichrists have come,' showing both specific and categorical usage. 1 John 2:22 defines the antichrist as whoever denies the Father-Son relationship. 1 John 4:3 and 2 John 1:7 link the concept to denial of Jesus coming in the flesh. The prefix anti- carries dual force: opposition to and substitution for the true Christ. 5×
AR["أضدادُ-المَسيحِ", "ضِدُّ-المَسيحِ", "ضِدِّ-المَسيحِ"]·ben["খ্রীষ্ট-বিরোধী", "খ্রীষ্টবিরোধী", "খ্রীষ্টবিরোধীর", "খ্রীষ্টবিরোধীরা"]·DE["Antichrist"]·EN["antichrist", "antichrists"]·FR["ἀντίχριστοι", "ἀντίχριστος", "ἀντιχρίστου"]·heb["אַנְטִיכְרִיסטוֹת", "אָנְטִיכְרִיסטוֹס", "הָאָנְטִיכְרִיסטוֹס"]·HI["मसीह-विरोधी", "मसीह-विरोधी।"]·ID["antikristus", "antikristus,", "antikristus-antikristus", "antikristus."]·IT["anticristo"]·jav["anti-kristus"]·KO["적그리스도", "적그리스도-가", "적그리스도들-이"]·PT["anticristo", "anticristo,", "anticristo.", "anticristos"]·RU["антихрист", "антихрист,", "антихристово,", "антихристы"]·ES["anticristo", "anticristos"]·SW["mpinga-kristo", "wapinga-kristo"]·TR["Mesih-karşıtı.", "mesih-karşıtları", "mesih-karşıtı"]·urd["دجال", "دجال،", "دجال۔"]
Related Senses
H4421 1. war, battle, armed conflict (319×)H0341 1. enemy, adversary, foe (284×)H3898a 1. Nifal: to fight, wage war (167×)H2026 1. kill, slay (active) (146×)H2451 1. wisdom, discernment (146×)H5483b 1. horse (the animal) (138×)H0006 1. to perish, be destroyed (105×)H7843 1. Hifil: destroy, annihilate (83×)H2491a 1. slain, fatally pierced (74×)H6862c 1. adversary, enemy, foe (69×)H8045 1. destroy, exterminate (69×)G0615 1. kill, put to death (60×)H6571b 1. horseman, cavalryman (52×)H8077a 1. desolation, waste (abstract state) (52×)G4678 1. of wisdom (51×)G4717 1. crucify, fasten to a cross (46×)H2763a 1. utterly destroy (Hifil active) (44×)G0622 1. perish, be destroyed (intransitive) (41×)H0006 2. to destroy, annihilate (Piel) (38×)H8074 1. be desolate, lie waste (36×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἀντίχριστος, ὁ, Antichrist, NT