STRONGS G470:
ἀνταποκρίνομαι; 1 aorist passive
ἀνταπεκρίθην [see
ἀποκρίνω, ii.];
to contradict in reply, to answer by contradicting, reply against:
τινὶ πρός τι,
Luke 14:6; (
Sept. Judges 5:29 [
Alex.];
Job 16:8;
Job 32:12;
Aesop fab. 172 edition de Furia [p. 353, Coray edition]).
Hence, equivalent to
to altercate, dispute: with the dative of person
Romans 9:20. (In a mathematical sense,
to correspond to each other or
be parallel, in Nicomachus Gerasenus, arithm. 1, 8, 11, p. 77 a. [p. 17, Hoche edition]) cf.
Winer's De verb. comp. etc. Part iii., p. 17.
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