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Strong's #2052 - ἐριθεία

Transliteration

eritheía

Phonetics

er-ith-i'-ah

Origin

perhaps as the same as (G2042)

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

2:660,256

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

electioneering or intriguing for office
1. apparently, in the NT a courting distinction, a desire to put one's self forward, a partisan and fractious spirit which does not disdain low arts
2. partisanship, fractiousness

This word is found before NT times only in Aristotle where it denotesa self-seeking pursuit of political office by unfair means. (A&G)Paul exhorts to be one in the mind of Christ not putting self forwardor being selfish (Phil 2:

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (7)

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

Philippians 2

James 2

NAS (11)

Romans 2

2 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

Philippians 3

James 4

HCS (7)

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

Philippians 2

James 2

BSB (7)

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

Philippians 2

James 2

ESV (6)

2 Corinthians 1

Galatians 1

Philippians 2

James 2

WEB (8)

Romans 1

2 Corinthians 1

Galatians 2

Philippians 2

James 2

KJV (7)

contention 1

contentious 1

strife 4

strifes 1

NAS (11)

ambition 3

ambitious 1

disputes 2

selfish 3

selfishly 1

selfishness 1

HCS (7)

* 1

rivalry 2

selfish ambition 2

selfish ambitions 2

BSB (7)

rivalries 1

rivalry 1

selfish ambition 3

selfish ambition [exist] 1

ESV (6)

hostility 1

rivalries 1

selfish ambition 4

WEB (8)

* 1

ambition 1

factions 1

rivalries 1

rivalry 1

selfish ambition 2

strife 1

RAH

ANT

N-ASF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 2

N-NSF 1

BEZ

N-ASF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 2

N-NSF 1

BGB

N-AFS 2

N-GFS 2

N-NFP 2

N-NFS 1

BMT

N-ASF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 2

N-NSF 1

BYZ

N-ASF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 2

N-NSF 1

ELZ

N-ASF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 2

N-NSF 1

NA26

N-ASF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 2

N-NSF 1

SBL

N-ASF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 2

N-NSF 1

SCV

N-ASF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 2

N-NSF 1

STV

N-ASF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 2

N-NSF 1

TIS

N-ASF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 2

N-NSF 1

N-ASF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 2

N-NSF 1

N-ASF 2

N-GSF 2

N-NPF 2

N-NSF 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐρῑθ-εία, ἡ,

I labour for wages, Hsch. (pl.), Suid.

1. canvassing for public office, intriguing, Arist. Pol. 1302b4, 1303a14 (pl.).

2. selfish or factious ambition, ζῆλος καὶ ἐ. Ephesians 3:14; οἱ ἐξ -είας Philippians 1:17; pl., intrigues, party squabbles, Galatians 5:20.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐριθεία (not ἐριθεία, cf. Winers Grammar, § 6, 1 g.; (Chandler § 99)) (ἐριθια WH; see Iota and Tdf. Proleg., p. 88), ἐριθείας, ἡ (ἐριθεύω to spin wool, work in wool, Heliodorus 1, 5; middle in the same sense, Tobit 2:11; used of those who electioneer for office, courting popular applause by trickery and low arts, Aristotle, polit. 5, 3; the verb is derived from ἔριθος working for hire, a hireling; from the Maced. age down, a spinner or weaver, a worker in wool, Isaiah 38:12 the Sept.; a mean, sordid fellow), electioneering or intriguing for office, Aristotle, pol. 5, 2 and 3 (pp. 1302b, 4 and 1303a, 14); hence, apparently, in the N. T. "a courting distinction, a desire to put oneself forward, a partisan and factious spirit which does not disdain low arts; partisanship, factiousness": James 3:14, 16; κατ' ἐριθείαν, Philippians 2:3; Ignatius ad Philadelph. § 8 [ET]; οἱ ἐξ ἐριθείας (see ἐκ, II. 7), Philippians 1:16 () (yet see ἐκ, II. 12 b.); equivalent to contending against God, Romans 2:8 (yet cf. Meyer (edited by Weiss) at the passage); in the plural αἱ ἐριθείαι (Winers Grammar, § 27, 3; Buttmann, § 123, 2): 2 Corinthians 12:20; Galatians 5:20. See the very full and learned discussion of the word by Fritzsche in his Commentary on Romans, i., p. 143f; (of which a summary is given by Ellicott on Galatians 5:20. See further on its derivation, Lobeck, Path. Proleg., p. 365; cf. Winer's Grammar, 94 (89)).

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

** ἐριθία ,

(T, cl., -εία ), -ας , ἡ ,

[in Sm.: Ezekiel 23:11*;]

(on the origin and history of the word, v. Hort, Ja., 81 fly.; Ellic. on Galatians 5:20; Cremer, 262),

ambition, self-seeking, rivalry: James 3:14; James 3:16; κατ᾿ ἐριθίαν , Philippians 2:3; οἱ ἐξ ἐ ., Romans 2:8, Philippians 1:17; pl. (Bl., § 32, 6; WM, 220; Swete, Mk., 153), 2 Corinthians 12:20, Galatians 5:20.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

For the spelling see WH Notes.2, p. 160. The original meaning of the verb ἐριθεύομαι, ";work for hire,"; as in LXX Tobit 2:11, may be illustrated from ἔριθος in P Hib I. 121.34 (B.C. 251–0) ἐρίθοις ἐρίω ̣ν, ";wool-weavers,"; and from the compound συνέριθος, ";fellow-worker,"; in a Magdola papyrus of B.C. 216 re-edited by Reinach in Mél. Nicole, p. 451 ff.—.3 τῆι συνερίθωι μου προσνοήσας, ";s’étant concerté avec ma compagne d’atelier,"; while the derived sense of intriguing for office appears in ἀνερίθευτος, ";unmoved by party spirit,"; in Syll 117.45 (B.C. 303) if the restoration is correct—(ἀ)[ποδεῖξαι δὲ ἑκατέρους ] νομογράφους τρεῖς μὴ νεωτέρους ἐτῶν τεσσεράκοντα [ὄντας ἀνεριθεύτ ]ους. The meaning of ";selfish"; rather than ";factious"; ambition perhaps suits best all the NT occurrences of ἐριθεία : cf. Kennedy’s note ad Philippians 1:16 in EGT.

List of Word Forms

ερίθεια ἐριθεία εριθείαι ερίθειαι ἐριθείαι ερίθειαν ἐριθείαν εριθείας ἐριθείας εριθια ἐριθία εριθιαι ἐριθίαι εριθιαν ἐριθίαν εριθιας ἐριθίας ερίθου ερικτά eritheia eritheía eritheiai eritheíai eritheian eritheían eritheias eritheías