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- Contention - n. - A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife.
- Contention - n. - Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention.
- Contention - n. - Vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal.
- Contention - n. - A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for.
- Strive - v. i. - To struggle in opposition; to be in contention or dispute; to contend; to contest; -- followed by against or with before the person or thing opposed; as, strive against temptation; strive for the truth.
- Feud - n. - A contention or quarrel; especially, an inveterate strife between families, clans, or parties; deadly hatred; contention satisfied only by bloodshed.
- Dissension - n. - Disagreement in opinion, usually of a violent character, producing warm debates or angry words; contention in words; partisan and contentious divisions; breach of friendship and union; strife; discord; quarrel.
- Firebrand - n. - One who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief; an incendiary.
- Altercation - n. - Warm contention in words; dispute carried on with heat or anger; controversy; wrangle; wordy contest.
- Strife - n. - Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts.
- Discord - v. i. - Want of concord or agreement; absence of unity or harmony in sentiment or action; variance leading to contention and strife; disagreement; -- applied to persons or to things, and to thoughts, feelings, or purposes.
- Embroil - v. t. - To throw into confusion or commotion by contention or discord; to entangle in a broil or quarrel; to make confused; to distract; to involve in difficulties by dissension or strife.
- Logomachy - n. - Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words.
- Contentious - a. - Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention.
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- G2054 ἔρις - 2054 ἔρις - ἜΡΙΣ - - éris - er'-is - of uncertain affinity; a quarrel, i.e. (by implication) wrangling:--contention, debate, strife, variance. - Noun Feminine - greek
- G73 ἀγών - 73 ἀγών - ἈΓΏΝ - - agṓn - ag-one' - from ἄγω; properly, a place of assembly (as if led), i.e. (by implication) a contest (held there); figuratively, an effort or anxiety:--conflict, contention, fight, race. - Noun Masculine - greek
- G2052 ἐριθεία - 2052 ἐριθεία - ἘΡΙΘΕΊΑ - - eritheía - er-ith-i'-ah - perhaps as the same as ἐρεθίζω; properly, intrigue, i.e. (by implication) faction:--contention(-ious), strife. - Noun Feminine - greek
- H4066 מָדוֹן - 4066 מָדוֹן - מָדוֹן - - mâdôwn - maw-dohn' - from דִּין; a contest or quarrel; brawling, contention(-ous), discord, strife. Compare מִדְיָן, מְדָן. - Noun Masculine - heb
- H4683 מַצָּה - 4683 מַצָּה - מַצָּה - - matstsâh - mats-tsaw' - from נָצָה; a quarrel; contention, debate, strife. - Noun Feminine - heb
- H4079 מִדְיָן - 4079 מִדְיָן - מִדְיָן - - midyân - mid-yawn' - a variation for מָדוֹן; {a contest or quarrel}; brawling, contention(-ous). - Noun Masculine - heb
- G3948 παροξυσμός - 3948 παροξυσμός - ΠΑΡΟΞΥΣΜΌΣ - - paroxysmós - par-ox-oos-mos' - from παροξύνω ("paroxysm"); incitement (to good), or dispute (in anger):--contention, provoke unto. - Noun Masculine - greek
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- Proverbs 20 22:10 - Cast out the scorner , and contention shall go out ; yea, strife and reproach shall cease .
גרשׁ לץ ויצא מדון וישׁבת דין וקלון - Proverbs 20 13:10 - Only by pride cometh contention : but with the well advised is wisdom.
רק־בזדון יתן מצה ואת־נועצים חכמה - Jeremiah 24 15:10 - 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.
אוי־לי אמי כי ילדתני אישׁ ריב ואישׁ מדון לכל־הארץ לא־נשׁיתי ולא־נשׁו־בי כלה מקללוני - Acts 44 15:39 - 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 ;
ΕΓΕΝΕΤΟ ΔΕ ΠΑΡΟΞΥΣΜΟς ΩΣΤΕ ΑΠΟΧΩΡΙΣΨΗΝΑΙ ΑΥΤΟΥς ΑΠ ΑΛΛΗΛΩΝ ΤΟΝ ΤΕ ΒΑΡΝΑΒΑΝ ΠΑΡΑΛΑΒΟΝΤΑ ΤΟΝ ΜΑΡΚΟΝ ΕΚΠΛΕΥΣΑΙ ΕΙς ΚΥΠΡΟΝ
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- Titus 56 3:9 But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
ΔΈ ΠΕΡΙΐΣΤΗΜΙ ΜΩΡΌΣ ΖΉΤΗΣΙΣ ΚΑΊ ΓΕΝΕΑΛΟΓΊΑ ΚΑΊ ἜΡΙΣ ΚΑΊ ΜΆΧΗ ΝΟΜΙΚΌΣ ΓΆΡ ΕἸΣΊ ἈΝΩΦΕΛΉΣ ΚΑΊ ΜΆΤΑΙΟΣ - Proverbs 20 22:10 Cast out the scorner, and contention shall go out; yea, strife and reproach shall cease.
גָּרַשׁ לוּץ מָדוֹן יָצָא דִּין קָלוֹן שָׁבַת - Acts 44 15:39 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;
ΟὖΝ ΠΑΡΟΞΥΣΜΌΣ ΓΊΝΟΜΑΙ ΠΑΡΟΞΥΣΜΌΣ ΑὐΤΌΣ ὭΣΤΕ ἈΠΟΧΩΡΊΖΩ ἈΛΛΉΛΩΝ ἈΠΌ ΤΈ ΒΑΡΝΆΒΑΣ ΠΑΡΑΛΑΜΒΆΝΩ ΜΆΡΚΟΣ ἘΚΠΛΈΩ ΕἸΣ ΚΎΠΡΟΣ - Proverbs 20 18:19 A brother offended is harder to be won than a strong city: and their contentions are like the bars of a castle.
אָח פָּשַׁע עֹז קִרְיָה מִדְיָן מָדוֹן בְּרִיחַ אַרְמוֹן - Proverbs 20 17:14 The beginning of strife is as when one letteth out water: therefore leave off contention, before it be meddled with.
רֵאשִׁית מָדוֹן פָּטַר מַיִם נָטַשׁ רִיב פָּנִים גָּלַע