To understand the Bible meaning of the Greek word anti in “her long hair is given to her for (anti) a covering, here is every single occurrence of the word anti in the entire Bible--New Testament and Old Testament Septuagint. The words in bold are the King James renderings of the Greek word anti except where other translations are noted
INSTEAD OF
appointed me another seed instead of Abel
a burnt offering in the stead of his son
Am I in God’s stead
gave them bread in exchange for horses
priest in his stead
other stones, and put them in the place of those stones
the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn
instead of all the firstborn
the cattle of the Levites instead of all the firstlings
Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn
the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle
instead of such as open every womb, even instead of the firstborn
ye are risen up in your fathers’ stead
whom he raised up in their stead
take her, I pray thee, instead of her.
Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab
thou hast made thy servant king instead of David
Made him king instead of his father
His son reigned in his stead
Instead of the children of Israel
Made him king in his father’s stead
Made him king in his father’s stead
Queen instead of Vashti
Instead of thy fathers shall be thy children
If your soul were in my soul’s stead
Let thistles grow instead of wheat and cockle instead of barley
Instead of sweet smell, there shall be stink
Instead of a girdle a rent
Instead of well-set hair baldness
Instead of a stomacher a girding of sackcloth
Burning instead of beauty
Instead of the thorn shall come up the fir tree
Instead of the briar shall come up the myrtle
Which reigned instead of Josiah
The Lord hath made thee priest in the stead of Johoiada
Josiah reigned instead of Coniah
if thou be not captain of the host before me continually in the room of Joab.
anointed him king in the room of his father
Thy son, whom I will set upon thy throne in thy room
I am risen up in the room of David
Shalt thou anoint to be prophet in thy room
Eliakim, son of Josiah, king in the room of Josiah
I am risen up in the room of David
Made him king in the room of his father Amaziah
Did reign in the room of his father Herod
IN EXCHANGE FOR or AS A SUBSTITUTE FOR
we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve
he shall lie with thee to night for thy son’s mandrakes.
have hired thee for my son’s mandrakes
I will give you for your cattle, if money fail.
Joseph gave them bread in exchange for horses, and for the flocks, and for the cattle of the herds, and for the asses: and he fed them with bread for all their cattle for that year.
buy us and our land for bread
thou shalt give life for life
Eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot
Burning for burning, wound for wound, stripe for stripe.
he shall let him go free for his eye’s sake.
he shall let him go free for his tooth’s sake.
ox for ox;
five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
he shall be sold for his theft
blood that maketh an atonement for the soul.
beast for beast.
Breach for breach, eye for eye, tooth for tooth
will punish you yet seven times for your sins.
I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn
I have given the children of Levi all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance
it is your reward for your service
but life shall go for life, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, hand for hand, foot for foot.
avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.
The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan
for the life of his brother whom he slew
the LORD will requite me good for his cursing this day.
my son Absalom! would God I had died for thee
put to death for this
a chariot came up and went out of Egypt for six hundred shekels
an horse for an hundred and fifty
then shall thy life be for his life
therefore thy life shall go for his life, and thy people for his people
Rewarded me evil for good
Render evil for good
For my love they are my adversaries
Rewarded me evil for good and hatred for my love
Rewardeth evil for good
Buy the poor for silver, and the needy for a pair of shoes
Have given a boy for a harlot and sold a girl for wine
This they shall have for their pride
For brass I will bring gold
For iron I will bring silver, and for wood brass, and for stone iron
Beauty for ashes
Garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness
Shall evil be recompensed for good?
Cow’s dung for man’s dung
I have given him the land of Egypt for his labours
I will give the wicked for His burial, and the rich for his death .(Benton’s translation of the Septuagint)
For one day of thy captivity, I will recompense thee double.(Benton’s translation of the Septuagint)
I will recompense to you the years that the locusts hath eaten .(Benton’s translation of the Septuagint)
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee
To give His life a ransom for many
To give his life a ransom for many
Will he for a fish give him a serpent?
And of his fulness have all we received, and grace for grace
Recompense to no man evil for evil
Her hair is given her for a covering
None render evil for evil
Who, for the joy that was set before Him endured the cross
Who, for one morsel of meat sold his birthright
Not rendering evil for evil or railing for railing
Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we shall live and do this or that.” (NKJV)
The following verses containing anti do not compare one thing to another, as all the above verses do, including 1 Cor. 11:15: “hair / a covering”
BECAUSE
Because
my flock has become a preyTherefore you shepherd, hear
Because thou hast had a perpetual hatred
Because they have made you desolate
Pronounced evil against thee
Because he hath said
Because of troubles, I looked upon the tents of the Ethiopians
For this cause shall a man leave