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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.
- Firebrand - n. - One who inflames factions, or causes contention and mischief; an incendiary.
- 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.
- Feud - n. - A contention or quarrel; especially, an inveterate strife between families, clans, or parties; deadly hatred; contention satisfied only by bloodshed.
- Contentious - a. - Relating to contention or strife; involving or characterized by contention.
- 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.
- Logomachy - n. - Contention in words merely, or a contention about words; a war of words.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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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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- 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 - 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 - 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
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- 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 - Proverbs 20 13:10 Only by pride cometh contention: but with the well advised is wisdom.
זָדוֹן נָתַן מַצָּה יָעַץ חׇכְמָה - 1 Corinthians 46 1:11 For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
ΓΆΡ ΔΗΛΌΩ ΜΟΊ ΠΕΡΊ ὙΜῶΝ ΜΟῦ ἈΔΕΛΦΌΣ ὙΠΌ Ὁ ΧΛΌΗ ὍΤΙ ΕἸΣΊ ἜΡΙΣ ἘΝ ὙΜῖΝ - Habakkuk 35 1:3 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.
רָאָה אָוֶן נָבַט עָמָל שֹׁד חָמָס נָשָׂא רִיב מָדוֹן - 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