Bible Dictionary
CONTRADICTION
Contradiction is opposition or gainsaying against a statement or person. In Hebrews it refers especially to hostile verbal attacks against Jesus’ words and character.
Definition
Contradiction is opposition, dispute, or gainsaying against a statement or person. It may be verbal hostility directed against someone’s words or character.
Biblical Usage
In Hebrews, one occurrence means that a statement is without dispute, while another refers to hostile oral attacks against the words and character of Jesus.
Historical Background
The Revised Version renders the term in the latter passage as “gainsaying,” though the supplied discussion notes that this scarcely improves the reference to oral attacks.
Related Figures
Historical Bible Dictionaries
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia (ISBE)
<p>kon-tra-dik'-shun: the King James Version for antilogia (Heb 7:7; 12:3). In the former passage, the Revised Version (British and American) has "without any dispute," i.e. what has been said requires no argument; in the latter "gainsaying" which is scarcely an improvement, the reference being to the oral attacks upon the words and character of Jesus.</p>