Strong's Concordance
Original word: ἀντί
Transliteration: anti
Definition (short): because
Definition (full): over against, opposite, instead of
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: a prim. preposition, also a prefix
Definition: over against, opposite, hence instead of, in comp. denotes contrast, requital, substitution, correspondence
NASB Translation: accordingly (1), because* (4), instead (2), place (1), reason (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
A primary particle; opposite, i.e. Instead or because of (rarely in addition to) -- for, in the room of. Often used in composition to denote contrast, requital, substitution, correspondence, etc.
References
KJV:
But when he heard that Archelaus did reign in Judaea in the room of his father Herod, he was afraid to go thither: notwithstanding, being warned of God in a dream, he turned aside into the parts of Galilee:
NASB:
But when he heard that Archelaus was reigning over Judea in place of his father Herod, he was afraid to go there. Then after being warned by God in a dream, he left for the regions of Galilee,
KJV:
And, behold, thou shalt be dumb, and not able to speak, until the day that these things shall be performed, because thou believest not my words, which shall be fulfilled in their season.
NASB:
"And behold, you shall be silent and unable to speak until the day when these things take place, because you did not believe my words, which will be fulfilled in their proper time."
KJV:
If a son shall ask bread of any of you that is a father, will he give him a stone? or if he ask a fish, will he for a fish give him a serpent?
NASB:
"Now suppose one of you fathers is asked by his son for a fish; he will not give him a snake instead of a fish, will he?
KJV:
Therefore whatsoever ye have spoken in darkness shall be heard in the light; and that which ye have spoken in the ear in closets shall be proclaimed upon the housetops.
NASB:
"Accordingly, whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed upon the housetops.
KJV:
And shall lay thee even with the ground, and thy children within thee; and they shall not leave in thee one stone upon another; because thou knewest not the time of thy visitation.
NASB:
and they will level you to the ground and your children within you, and they will not leave in you one stone upon another, because you did not recognize the time of your visitation."