Dictionaries :: Contention, Contentious

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

Contention, Contentious:

"strife, quarrel," especially "rivalry, contention, wrangling," as in the church in Corinth, 1Cr 1:11, is translated "contentions" in Tts 3:9, AV.
See DEBATE, STRIFE, VARIANCE.

Contention, Contentious:

(Eng., "paroxysm"), lit., "a sharpening," hence "a sharpening of the feeling, or action" (para, "beside," intensive, oxus, "sharp"), denotes an incitement, a sharp contention, Act 15:39, the effect of irritation; elsewhere in Hbr 10:24, "provoke," unto love.
See PROVOKE.

Contention, Contentious:

lit., "love of strife" (phileo, "to love," neikos, "strife"), signifies "eagerness to contend;" hence, a "contention," said of the disciples, Luk 22:24. Cp. B, 2.

Contention, Contentious:

lit., "not fighting" (a, negative, mache, "a fight, combat, quarrel"), primarily signifying "invincible," came to mean "not contentious," 1Ti 3:3, RV; Tts 3:2 (AV, "not a brawler," "no brawlers").

Contention, Contentious:

akin to A, No. 3, is used in 1Cr 11:16. In the Sept., Eze 3:7, "stubborn."

Notes:

(1) Eritheia, "contention," AV, in Phl 1:17, is translated "faction," in the RV. The phrase hoi ex eritheias, Rom 2:8, lit., "those of strife," is rendered "contentious," in the AV; RV, "factious."
See FACTIOUS, STRIFE.

(2) For agon, "a contest," "contention," 1Th 2:2, AV; "conflict," RV, see CONFLICT.