9 occurrences

'Contention' in the Bible

Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.

Verse ConceptsArguingdriving outInsultsMockeryRidicule, Nature OfScornersQuarrelsAbusemockers

Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.

Verse ConceptsdoubtersHealthInterestLonelinessSadnessSelf PitySuicideCynicismNever Being BornRegretting BirthBorrowingLending And BorrowingUngodly CursingFighting One AnotherConflictlent

Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.

Verse ConceptsDissensionContentiousnessDestructionViolence In The EarthFighting One AnotherWhy Does God Do This?Injustice

And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;

Verse ConceptsIslandsSeafaringSuffering, Causes OfAlienation, Examples OfSharpnessPeople PartingMissionariesMisunderstandings

But even after that we had suffered before, and were shamefully entreated, as ye know, at Philippi, we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention.

Verse Conceptsevangelists, ministry ofInjuryInsultsMissionaries, Support ForSpiritual Warfare, Causes OfSuffering, Of BelieversPeople OpposedBeing StrongPeople Actually Doing EvilConflictBoldness

Bible Theasaurus

Contention (40 instances)
Contest (6 instances)
Controversy (26 instances)
Disputation (2 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἀρκέω 
Arkeo 
Usage: 6

G73
ἀγών 
Agon 
Usage: 6

αὐτάρκεια 
Autarkeia 
Usage: 2

διακρίνω 
Diakrino 
Usage: 16

ἐπαγωνίζομαι 
Epagonizomai 
Usage: 1

ἐριθεία 
Eritheia 
Usage: 7

ἔρις 
Eris 
Usage: 9

παροξυσμός 
Paroxusmos 
Usage: 2

φιλόνεικος 
Philoneikos 
Usage: 1

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