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The word '''Antichrist''' comes from the [[Greek]] αντί-χριστος (''anti''-''khristos''), meaning ''opposite of Christ''. The Greek word ''anti'' can also mean "for or as", so that the phrase can also be interpreted as meaning ''in place of Christ''.
The word '''Antichrist''' comes from the [[Greek]] αντί-χριστος (''anti''-''khristos''), meaning ''opposite of Christ''. The Greek word ''anti'' can also mean 'instead of', so that the phrase can also be interpreted as meaning ''in place of Christ''.
All that the [[Bible]] actually says about the Antichrist (KJV), however, is:
All that the [[Bible]] actually says about the Antichrist (KJV), however, is:
:2 John 7: 'For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.'
:2 John 7: 'For many deceivers are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh. This is a deceiver and an antichrist.'
Thus, all these references are to a ''generalized concept'', applicable to anybody who is 'anti (i.e. against) Christ', not to a particular person. Moreover, they make it clear that such 'antichrists' were already present in the world nearly two thousand years ago.
Thus, all these references are to a ''generalized concept'', applicable to anybody who is 'against Christ', not to a particular person. Moreover, they make it clear that such 'antichrists' were already present in the world nearly two thousand years ago.
There are ''no'' other references to the term in the Bible. Neither the book of Daniel nor St John's Revelation (both of them controversial in their own right) mention the concept at all. Thus, if [[Christian]]s choose to link it to anything there, it is they who are making the link, not the Bible.
There are ''no'' other references to the term in the Bible. Neither the book of Daniel nor St John's Revelation (both of them controversial in their own right) mention the concept at all. Thus, if [[Christian]]s choose to link it to anything there, it is they who are making the link, not the Bible.