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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