[an-ti-krahyst] 
| 1. | a particular personage or power, variously identified or explained, who is conceived of as appearing in the world as the principal antagonist of Christ. |
| 2. | (sometimes lowercase ) an opponent of Christ; a person or power antagonistic to Christ. |
| 3. | (often lowercase) a disbeliever in Christ. |
| 4. | (often lowercase) a false Christ. |
| an·ti·christ (ān'tĭ-krīst', ān'tī-) n.
[Middle English Antecrist, from Old French and from Old English, both from Late Latin Antichrīstus, from Late Greek Antikhrīstos : Greek anti-, anti- + Greek Khrīstos, Christ; see Christ.] |
Antichrist
against Christ, or an opposition Christ, a rival Christ. The word is used only by the apostle John. Referring to false teachers, he says (1 John 2:18, 22; 4:3; 2 John 1:7), "Even now are there many antichrists." (1.) This name has been applied to the "little horn" of the "king of fierce countenance" (Dan. 7:24, 25; 8:23-25). (2.) It has been applied also to the "false Christs" spoken of by our Lord (Matt. 24:5, 23, 24). (3.) To the "man of sin" described by Paul (2 Thess. 2:3, 4, 8-10). (4.) And to the "beast from the sea" (Rev. 13:1; 17:1-18).