Contrary

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kon´tra - ri ( קרי , ḳerı̄  ; ἐναντίος , enantı́os ): In the Old Testament it has the sense of antagonistic, as one person opposed or hostile to the other, especially in  Leviticus 26:21 ,  Leviticus 26:23 ,  Leviticus 26:14 ,  Leviticus 26:27 ,  Leviticus 26:28 ,  Leviticus 26:40 ,  Leviticus 26:41 , where Yahweh declares His attitude toward the people in such phrases as: "If ye will not for all this hearken unto me, but walk contrary unto me; then I will walk contrary unto you in wrath."

In the New Testament it has a more varied significance and is applied to both material and human relations as simply opposite, set over against an object or thing. Used of the wind as in  Matthew 14:24;  Mark 6:48;  Acts 27:4 , where it is spoken of as contrary. Refers also to conflicting doctrines, customs or beliefs, as  1 Timothy 1:10 , "and if there be any other thing contrary to the sound doctrine." Several other Greek words are translated with almost an identical meaning. Occasionally a prefix gives a slightly different shade of meaning.

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