“strife, quarrel,” especially “rivalry, contention, wrangling,” as in the church in Corinth, 1Co 1:11<\/span>, is translated “contentions” in Tit 3:9<\/span>, AV. See DEBATE, STRIFE, VARIANCE. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n (Eng., “paroxysm”), lit., “a sharpening,” hence “a sharpening of the feeling, or action” (para, “beside,” intensive, oxus, “sharp”), denotes an incitement, a sharp contention, Act 15:39<\/span>, the effect of irritation; elsewhere in Heb 10:24<\/span>, “provoke,” unto love. See PROVOKE. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n lit., “love of strife” (phileo, “to love,” neikos, “strife”), signifies “eagerness to contend;” hence, a “contention,” said of the disciples, Luk 22:24<\/span>. Cp. B, 2. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n lit., “not fighting” (a, negative, mache, “a fight, combat, quarrel”), primarily signifying “invincible,” came to mean “not contentious,” 1Ti 3:3<\/span>, RV; Tit 3:2<\/span> (AV, “not a brawler,” “no brawlers”). <\/p>\n<\/p>\n akin to A, No. 3, is used in 1Co 11:16<\/span>. In the Sept., Eze 3:7<\/span>, “stubborn.” <\/p>\n Notes: (1) Eritheia, “contention,” AV, in Phi 1:17<\/span>, is translated “faction,” in the RV. The phrase hoi ex eritheias, Rom 2:8<\/span>, lit., “those of strife,” is rendered “contentious,” in the AV; RV, “factious.” See FACTIOUS, STRIFE. <\/p>\n (2) For agon, “a contest,” “contention,” 1Th 2:2<\/span>, AV; “conflict,” RV, see CONFLICT. <\/p>\n Contention, Contentious “strife, quarrel,” especially “rivalry, contention, wrangling,” as in the church in Corinth, 1Co 1:11, is translated “contentions” in Tit 3:9, AV. See DEBATE, STRIFE, VARIANCE. (Eng., “paroxysm”), lit., “a sharpening,” hence “a sharpening of the feeling, or action” (para, “beside,” intensive, oxus, “sharp”), denotes an incitement, a sharp contention, Act 15:39, the effect … Continue reading “Contention, Contentious”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38448","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38448","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38448"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38448\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38448"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38448"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38448"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"