2 occurrences in 11 translations

'Contend' in the Bible

Contend with your mother, contend,For she is not my wife, and I am not her husband;And let her put away her harlotry from her faceAnd her adultery from between her breasts,

Verse ConceptsBreasts, Figurative Usedivorce, in OTChallengesCertificate of divorceMarriage, Between God And His PeopleSinglenessUnfaithfulness, To PeopleWivesAvoid AdulteryNot MarryingMothersbreastsmakeup

Yet let no one find fault, and let none offer reproof;For your people are like those who contend with the priest.

Verse ConceptsAvoid Quarrelsstrivingaccusationspriests

Bible Theasaurus

Compete (4 instances)
Contend (56 instances)
Contest (6 instances)
Debate (19 instances)
Fence (12 instances)

Reverse Interlinear

Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
גּרה 
Garah 
Usage: 14

דּוּן דּין 
Diyn 
Usage: 24

יריב 
Yariyb 
Usage: 3

מצּוּת 
Matstsuwth 
Usage: 1

רוּב ריבo 
Riyb 
Usage: 66

תּחרה 
Tacharah 
Usage: 2

διακρίνω 
Diakrino 
Usage: 16

ἐπαγωνίζομαι 
Epagonizomai 
Usage: 1

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