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'Contention' in the Bible

Habakkuk 1:3Hab 1:3
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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.

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

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Argument (61 instances)
Contention (40 instances)
Contest (6 instances)
Controversy (26 instances)
Disputation (2 instances)

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Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
G714
ἀρκέω 
Arkeo 
be content , be sufficient , be enough , suffice , content
Usage: 6

H14
אבה 
'abah 
would , will , willing , consent , rest content
Usage: 54

H1624
גּרה 
Garah 
stir up , meddle , contend , strive
Usage: 14

H1777
דּוּן דּין 
Diyn 
judge , plead the cause , contend , execute , plead , strife
Usage: 24

H2974
יאל 
Ya'al 
content , please , would , taken upon me , began , assayed , willingly
Usage: 18

H3401
יריב 
Yariyb 
contend , strive
Usage: 3

H4066
מדון 
Madown 
strife , contention , discord , variant
Usage: 11

H4079
מדין 
Midyan 
contention , brawling
Usage: 9

H4683
מצּה 
Matstsah 
contention , strife , debate
Usage: 3

H4695
מצּוּת 
Matstsuwth 
contended
Usage: 1

H7378
רוּב ריבo 
Riyb 
plead , strive , contend , chide , debate ,
Usage: 66

H7379
רב ריב 
Riyb 
cause , strife , controversy , contention ,
Usage: 60

H8474
תּחרה 
Tacharah 
closest , contend
Usage: 2

G73
ἀγών 
Agon 
conflict , fight , contention , race
Usage: 6

G841
αὐτάρκεια 
Autarkeia 
sufficiency , contentment
Usage: 2

G1252
διακρίνω 
Diakrino 
doubt , judge , discern , contend , waver ,
Usage: 16

G1864
ἐπαγωνίζομαι 
Epagonizomai 
earnestly contend for
Usage: 1

G2052
ἐριθεία 
Eritheia 
strife , contention , contentious
Usage: 7

G2054
ἔρις 
Eris 
strife , debate , contention , variance
Usage: 9

G3948
παροξυσμός 
Paroxusmos 
contention ... so sharp , to provoke unto Trans
Usage: 2

G5380
φιλόνεικος 
Philoneikos 
contentious
Usage: 1

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