Antichrist

==Etymology==
''Antichrist'' is translated from the combination of two ancient [[Koine Greek|Greek]] words {{Lang|grc|ἀντί + Χριστός}} (anti + Christos). In Greek, {{Lang|grc|Χριστός}} means "anointed one" and the word Christ derives from it.<ref>See Strong's Bible Dictionary: [http://cf.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G5547&t=KJV χριστος] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120711175622/http://cf.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G5547&t=KJV |date=July 11, 2012 }}</ref> "{{Lang|grc|Ἀντί}}" means not only anti in the sense of "against" and "opposite of", but also "in place of".<ref>See Strong's Bible Dictionary: [http://cf.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G473&t=KJV αντί] {{Webarchive|url=https://archive.today/20120716020304/http://cf.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/Lexicon.cfm?Strongs=G473&t=KJV |date=July 16, 2012 }}</ref><ref>See the [https://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus%3Atext%3A1999.04.0072%3Aentry%3Da%29nti%2F Lexicon to Pindar]. Related terms as noted by the ''[[Catholic Encyclopedia]]'' include: antibasileus – a king who fills an [[interregnum]]; antistrategos – a [[propraetor]]; anthoupatos – a [[proconsul]]; antitheos – in [[Homer]], one resembling a god in power and beauty (in other works it stands for a hostile god).</ref>