Contrary (Hastings' Dictionary)

1, In the sense of 'antagonistic,' c. is now obsol. or dialectic, except in ref. to wind or weather, where the phrase in NT, ' the wind waac.,' has kei)t the meaning alive. This is tlie meaning of c. in Lv 26, where it is used as tr. of "ip IclTi in all its occurrences (20-'- ^- "■ "• =»• «• *»), ' if ye walk c. unto me,' lit. ' in an encounter,' in hostile meeting and revolt, inimically, as Kalisch explains. In XT this is the only meaning, whether the Gr. be iyai/rio^, ' c.'

of wind (Mt 14-\ Mk 6^, Ac 27') ; of Saul's opposition, Ac 26" ' I verily thought with my.self that I ought to do many things c. to the name of Jesus of Nazareth ' ; of the opponents of Christianity, 1 Th 2" (the Jews), Tit 2' ' he that is of the c. part' ; or uirej-oi-Wos, Col 2'* ' the handwriting . . which was c. to us (3 fiv vTO'cwTiov i]fiiv describes its active hostility — Light- foot) ; or aTrivavTi, Ac 17' ' these all do c.

to the decrees of Cicsar,' a charge of treason ; or dvrf- Ktifiai, Gal 5" ' the Spirit and the flesh . . are c. the one to the other ; 1 Ti 1"* ; or even iropd, Ac 18", Ko 11^ 16". 2. In 2 Es 11»- " c. is used in the sense of opposite in position or direction, ' out of her feathers there grew other c. feathers.' Con- trariwise (a liybrid, fr. Lat. contraritis and Eng. wise, way) = ' on thee.,' occurs 2 Co 2', (lal 2', 1 I' 3". J. Hastings.