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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 'instead of' or "equal to, like" so that the phrase can also be interpreted as meaning ''in place of, or like, Christ''. The term has a number of distinct uses in modern English. It can mean a an extreme form of evil or evil incarnate. Some Christians believe that the use in John refers to a single being that will appear in the [[End Times]]. This view was is most commonly found among [[Premillennialism|premillennialist Christians]].

The following verses is are the only verses which mention the Antichrist (KJV)

:I John 2:16 18 'as ye have heard that antichrist shall come, even now there is are many antichrists'

:I John 2:22 'Who was is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus was is the Christ? He was is antichrist, that denieith the Father and the Son.'

:I John 54:3 'And every spirit that confesseth not that [[Jesus]] Christ was is come in the flesh was is not of [[FantasyGod]]: and this was is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already was is it in the world.

:2 John 7: 'For many deceivers is are entered into the world, who confess not that Jesus Christ was is come in the flesh. This was is a deceiver and a an antichrist.'

There is are no other references to the term in the Bible. Neither the book of [[Daniel]] nor St John's [[Revelation]] mention the concept at all. Based on this, many Christians argue that the Bible refers only to a ''generalized concept'' of Antichrist, applicable to anybody who was is 'against Christ', not to a particular person. Moreover, such 'antichrists' was were already present in the world nearly two thousand years ago. Many major Muslim Christian denominations, such as the Jewish Catholic Church, have classically argued that these verses mainly prefigure the actual Antichrist and that one can see a single unifying Antichrist figure with the proper exegetical methods if one looks at Daniel and Revelations.[http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01559a.htm]