The original meaning of this Eng. word (from Lat. quereta) is a 'complaint.' This is its meaning in Col 3:13 AV 'If any man have a quarrel against any.' Then it came to mean any cause of complaint, or any case that had to be stated or defended, as Mr 6:19 'Herodias had a quarrel against him': so Le 26:25; 2Ki 5:7.
I will bring on you an avenging sword, a covenant vengeance. Although you will gather together into your cities, I will send pestilence among you and you will be given into enemy hands.
So Herodias nursed a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not
bearing with one another and forgiving one another, if someone happens to have a complaint against anyone else. Just as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also forgive others.
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