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Strife

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἔρις

(Strong's #2054 — Noun Feminine — eris — er'-is )

"strife, contention," is the expression of "enmity," Romans 1:29 , RV, "strife" (AV, "debate"); Romans 13:13; 1 Corinthians 1:11 , "contentions" (RV and AV); 1 Corinthians 3:3; 2 Corinthians 12:20 , RV, "strife" (AV, "debates"); Galatians 5:20 , RV, "strife" (AV, "variance"); Philippians 1:15; 1 Timothy 6:4; Titus 3:9 , RV, "strifes" (AV, "contentions"). See CONTENTION , A, No. 1.

2: ἐριθεία

(Strong's #2052 — Noun Feminine — erithia — er-ith-i'-ah )

see FACTION.

3: ἀντιλογία

(Strong's #485 — Noun Feminine — antilogia — an-tee-log-ee'-ah )

"strifes," Hebrews 6:16 , AV: see DISPUTE , A, No. 4.

4: μάχη

(Strong's #3163 — Noun Feminine — mache — makh'-ay )

"strifes," 2 Timothy 2:23 : see FIGHTING , A.

5: φιλονεικία

(Strong's #5379 — Noun Feminine — philoneikia — fil-on-i-kee'-ah )

"strife," Luke 22:24 , AV: see CONTENTION , A, No. 3.

6: λογομαχία

(Strong's #3055 — Noun Feminine — logomachia — log-om-akh-ee'-ah )

"strife of words," 1 Timothy 6:4 : see DISPUTE , A, No. 2.

Bibliography Information
Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Strife'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​s/strife.html. 1940.
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