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What About the Antichrist? I. Greek (Antichristos) (Noun) a. Antichritsos (nominative, singular, masculine) b.

Antichristou (genitive, singular, masculine) c. Antichristoi (nominative, plural, masculine) References a. 1 John 2:18 (Antichristos)- and as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, (Sheet D) b. 1 John 2:18 (Antichristoi)- even now there are many antichrists; (Sheet D) c. 1 John 2:22 (Antichristos)- is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son d. 1 John 4:3 (Antichristou)- and this is that spirit of antichrist, e. 2 John 1:7 (Antichristos)- This is a deceiver and an antichrist Classical Greek Usage (Gilbrant 305) a. The term antichristos does not appear in any literature other than Christian, so we can say little about the background of this term in Classical or profane Greek. The Greeks did not have any messianic belief and could not know of an anti-Messiah . But the well known expression antitheos , or antigod might be an interesting parallel. Homer s Iliad (5:663) records this expression which means equal to the gods. But when anti quite often is replaced by pseudo (lie or false), the expression gains the character of something which is false and deceiving, as every pseudo-compound indicates. Old Testament Usage (Sheet A and B) New Testament Usage (Sheet B and C) The Interpreter s Dictionary of the Bible (Sheet E-H) Zondervan Pictorial Encyclopedia of the Bible (Sheet I-L)

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