'Contended' in the Bible

The Jews therefore contended among themselves, saying, How can he give us this flesh to eat?

and when Peter went up to Jerusalem, they of the circumcision contended with him,

And there was a great clamour, and the scribes of the Pharisees' part rising up contended, saying, We find nothing evil in this man; and if a spirit has spoken to him, or an angel ...

yea, I ask thee also, true yokefellow, assist them, who have contended along with me in the glad tidings, with Clement also, and my other fellow-labourers, whose names are in the book of life.