11 occurrences

'Contrary' in the Bible

whom Jason has entertained as guests! And these [people] [are] all acting contrary to the decrees of Caesar, saying there is another king, Jesus!"

Verse ConceptsdefianceKingship, DivineTreasonFalse Accusations, Examples OfWelcoming BelieversDifferent Personacting

saying, "This man is persuading people to worship God contrary to the law!"

Verse ConceptsIntoleranceInciting To EvilHow Not To WorshipBreaking God's Law

Then Paul said to him, "God is going to strike you, [you] whitewashed wall! And are you sitting [there] judging me according to the law, and acting contrary to the law do you order me to be struck?"

Verse ConceptsHigh Priest, In NtInjustice, Nature And Source OfJudgment SeatSittingWallsWhiteDenunciationsFigurative WallsGod Beating PeopleWhitewashingBreaking God's Law

On the contrary, O man, who are you who answers back to God? Will what is molded say to the one who molded [it], "Why did you make me like this"?

Verse ConceptsPresumptionStriving With GodAnswering GodOther Unimportant PeopleMan's Relationship With His CreatorQuestioning GodMan's Relation To God

But I say, they have not heard, have they? On the contrary, "Their voice has gone out to all the earth, and their words to the ends of the inhabited world."

Verse ConceptsGod's Call, EveryoneHearing God's WordThe Gospel WorldwideThe End Of The WorldThe WorldSpreading The Gospel

For if you were cut off from what is by nature a wild olive tree, and contrary to nature were grafted into a cultivated olive tree, how much more will these who are {natural branches} be grafted into their own olive tree?

Verse ConceptsOlivesParticipation, In ChristTreesCutting Off BranchesJoined To The ChurchOlive Treescutting

As we said before, and now I say again, if anyone is proclaiming a gospel [to] you contrary to what you have received, let him be accursed!

Verse ConceptsThe AccursedAcceptance, Of The GospelThe Purity Of The GospelCursing The Ungodlyevangelizing

Bible Theasaurus

Adverse (8 instances)
Antagonistic (1 instance)
Capricious (2 instances)
Conflicting (1 instance)
Contrary (120 instances)
Converse (5 instances)
Counter (2 instances)
Hostile (53 instances)
Inconsistent (5 instances)
Obstinate (30 instances)
Opposite (162 instances)
Perverse (67 instances)
Reverse (34 instances)
Wayward (20 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀντίκειμαι 
Antikeimai 
Usage: 7

ἀπέναντι 
Apenanti 
over against , before , in the presence of , contrary
Usage: 5

ἐναντίος 
Enantios 
Usage: 8

ὑπεναντίος 
Hupenantios 
Usage: 2