Instead
Instead , adverb
[Prefix in- + stead place.]
1.
In the place or room; -- usually followed by of.
Let thistles grow of wheat.
Absalom made Amasa captain of the host instead of Joab.
2.
Equivalent; equal to; -- usually with of. [Rare]
This very consideration to a wise man is instead of a thousand arguments, to satisfy him, that in those times no such thing was believed.