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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Anti-christ

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Anti-christ

AN'TI-CHRIST, noun [Gr. against, and Christ.]

A great adversary of Christ; the man of sin; described

1 John 2:18. 2 Thessalonians 2:1. Revelation 9:1. Protestants generally suppose this adversary to be the Papal power; and some divines believe that, in a more general sense, the word extends to any persons who deny Christ or oppose the fundamental doctrines of christianity.