Eritheia means “strife” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H2052 — vaheb (“what he did”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G2052 ἐριθεία (eritheia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. eritheia (er-ith-ei'-ah) n. 1. (properly) intrigue 2. (by implication) faction It has 7 linked Bible usages across 5 books. Visible English usage signals include strife and contention. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament.
eritheia (er-ith-ei'-ah) n. 1. (properly) intrigue 2. (by implication) faction [perhaps as the same as G2042] KJV: contention(-ious), strife Root(s): G2042
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G2052. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
rivalry
Usage: ἐριθία (T, cl., -εία), -ας, ἡ, [in Sm.: Eze.23:11 * ;] (on the origin and history of the word, see Hort, Ja., 81 fly.; Ellic. on Gal.5:20; Cremer, 262) ambition, self-seeking, rivalry: Jas.3:14, 16; κατ᾽ ἐριθίαν, Php.2:3; οἱ ἐξ ἐ., Rom.2:8, Php.1:17; pl. (Bl., § 32, 6; WM, 220; Swete, Mk., 153), 2Co.12:20, Gal.5:20.† (AS)
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7 indexed usages in New Testament.
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
First 7 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G2052.
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,
For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
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Eritheia (Strong's G2052) is a Greek word most simply glossed "strife". eritheia (er-ith-ei'-ah) n. 1. (properly) intrigue 2. (by implication) faction
This page currently indexes 7 linked usages for Strong's G2052 across 5 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G2052 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as strife and contention. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.