1) over against, opposite to, before
2) for, instead of, in place of (something)
2a) instead of
2b) for
2c) for that, because
2d) wherefore, for this cause
Part of Speech: preposition
Citing in TDNT: 1:372, 61
G473
A primary particle; opposite, that is, instead or because of (rarely in addition to): - for, in the room of. Often used in composition to denote contrast, requital, substitution, correspondence, etc.
| Gloss | Section |
|---|---|
| e in place of | 57.145 |
| c for this reason | 89.24 |
| d so then | 89.45 |
| a instead | 89.133 |
| b on behalf of | 90.37 |
These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.
University of Chicago's Logion lexicon
Thayer's dictionary plus other information.
From this site's dictionary (in Italian)
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