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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (n.) Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.

2. (n.) Quarrel; strife; cause of variance; difference.

3. (n.) A suit in law or equity; a question of right.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

CONTROVERSY

kon'-tro-ver-si (ribh, "strife," "contention"; homologoumenos, "confessedly," "without controversy"): Used frequently of disputes among men (as Deuteronomy 17:8) and then transferred to the justice of God as directed against the sins of men. Thus we read of Yahweh's controversy with the nations (Jeremiah 25:31); with the inhabitants of the land (Hosea 4:1); with His people (Micah 6:2). "Without controversy" (1 Timothy 3:16), a positive rather than a negative expression, "by common consent," or better, "as unanimously confessed," introducing a quotation from a hymn or rhythmical confession of the early church.

H. E. Jacobs

Greek

3672. homologoumenos -- as agreed, by common consent
... Adverb Transliteration: homologoumenos Phonetic Spelling: (hom-ol-og-ow-men'-oce)
Short Definition: admittedly Definition: admittedly, without controversy. ...
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2214. zetesis -- a search, questioning
... Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: zetesis Phonetic Spelling:
(dzay'-tay-sis) Short Definition: a question, debate, controversy Definition: a ...
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2922. kriterion -- a law court
... Spelling: (kree-tay'-ree-on) Short Definition: criterion, a law-court Definition:
criterion; a law-court; a law-case before an arbiter; a cause, controversy. ...
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4714. stasis -- a rebel, revolutionist
... a standing (properly, the act), ie (by analogy) position (existence); by implication,
a popular uprising; figuratively, controversy -- dissension, insurrection ...
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485. antilogia -- gainsaying, contradiction
... opposite to" and 3004 , "speaking to a conclusion") -- properly, a conclusion which
closely "," but does so in an way; a controversy (dispute, "gainsaying ...
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3163. mache -- a fight
... fighting, strive, striving. From machomai; a battle, ie (figuratively) controversy --
fighting, strive, striving. see GREEK machomai. (machai) -- 2 Occurrences. ...
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3055. logomachia -- a strife of words
... logomachia Phonetic Spelling: (log-om-akh-ee'-ah) Short Definition: contention about
words Definition: contention about words, an unprofitable controversy. ...
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Topical Bible Verses

Galatians 1:8-9
But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than that which we have preached to you, let him be accursed.
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Strong's Hebrew

7379. rib -- strife, dispute
... strife, dispute NASB Word Usage adversary (1), case (11), cause (9), complaint
(2), contend (1), contention (1), contentions (3), controversy (1), dispute (11 ...
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7378. rib -- to strive, contend
... Or ruwb {roob}; a primitive root; properly, to toss, ie Grapple; mostly figuratively,
to wrangle, ie Hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend -- adversary ...
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8199. shaphat -- to judge, govern
... entered into judgment (1), entering into judgment (1), execute judgment (1), executing
judgment (1), freed (2), handed down (1), has a controversy (1), Judge (5 ...
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Library

The Great Controversy
The Great Controversy. <. The Great Controversy Ellen Gould White.
Table of Contents. Title Page. PREFACE. Introduction. ...
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writings in connection with the donatist controversy.
writings in connection with the donatist controversy. . writings in
connection with the donatist controversy. St. Augustine. Rev. ...
/.../augustine/writings in connection with the donatist controversy /

writings in connection with the Manichæan controversy
writings in connection with the Manichæan controversy. <. writings in
connection with the Manichæan controversy St. Augustine. Rev. ...
/.../augustine/writings in connection with the manichaean controversy /

The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan
The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan. <. The Great Controversy Between
Christ and Satan Ellen G. White. Table of Contents. Title Page. ...
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The Great Controversy
The Great Controversy. <. ... THE GREAT CONTROVERSY. Page 52. Image
worship.""The worship of images . . . was one of those ...
//christianbookshelf.org/white/the great controversy/the great controversy.htm

Controversy
... The DESIRE of AGES Chapter 66 Controversy. [This ... Pharisees. Between the two parties
the resurrection was especially a subject of controversy. ...
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The Controversy Ended.
The Great Controversy Between Christ and Satan. <. ... 42. THE
CONTROVERSY ENDED. [Illustration: Chapter header.] At the ...
/.../the great controversy between christ and satan /42 the controversy ended.htm

Writings in Connection with the Manichæan Controversy
writings in connection with the Manichæan controversy. <. ... writings in
connection with the Manichæan controversy. translated by the Rev. ...
/.../writings in connection with the.htm

Writings in Connection with the Donatist Controversy.
writings in connection with the donatist controversy. . ... writings in connection
with the donatist controversy. translated by the rev. jr king, ma,. ...
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The Controversy Ended
The Great Controversy. <. ... Chapter 42 The Controversy Ended. At the close
of the thousand years, Christ again returns to the earth. ...
/.../white/the great controversy/chapter 42 the controversy ended.htm

Thesaurus

Controversy (21 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Quarrel; strife; cause of variance; difference. 3. (n.) A suit in law or
equity; a question of right. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CONTROVERSY. ...
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Job (60 Occurrences)
... 1, 2). (2.) The controversy and its solution, in poetry (ch. 3-42:6). ... The
first course gives the commencement of the controversy (ch. ...
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Dispute (37 Occurrences)
... 6. (vi) Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing
views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate. ...
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Indictment (4 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 25:31 A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Yahweh has a
controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as ...
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Controversies (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Plural of Controversy. Multi-Version Concordance
Controversies (6 Occurrences). Acts 26:3 especially ...
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Gospels
... for forty years previously been used in estimating the structure and composition
of some of the literary products of antiquity; and the controversy excited by ...
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Nicolaitans (2 Occurrences)
... 3. Nicolaitan Controversy: The problem underlying the Nicolaitan controversy, though
so little direct mention is made of it in Scripture, was in reality most ...
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Umpire (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question between parties
is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as ...
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Disagreement (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Unsuitableness; unadaptedness. 3. (n.) Difference of opinion or sentiment.
4. (n.) A falling out, or controversy; difference. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Difference (19 Occurrences)
... guilty? 2. (n.) Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel;
hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy. 3. (n ...
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Bible Concordance

Controversy (21 Occurrences)

Acts 15:2 Between these new comers and Paul and Barnabas there was no little disagreement and controversy, until at last it was decided that Paul and Barnabas and some other brethren should go up to consult the Apostles and Elders in Jerusalem on this matter.
(WEY)

1 Timothy 1:4 and the attention they bestow on mere fables and endless pedigrees, such as lead to controversy rather than to a true stewardship for God, which only exists where there is faith. And I make the same request now.
(WEY)

1 Timothy 3:16 Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among the nations, believed on in the world, and received up in glory.
(WEB KJV WEY ASV WBS)

1 Timothy 6:4 he is puffed up with pride and has no true knowledge, but is crazy over discussions and controversies about words which give rise to envy, quarrelling, revilings, ill-natured suspicions,
(See RSV)

1 Timothy 6:20 O Timothy, guard the truths entrusted to you, shunning irreligious and frivolous talk, and controversy with what is falsely called 'knowledge';
(WEY)

Hebrews 6:16 for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation 'is' the oath,
(YLT)

Hebrews 7:7 and apart from all controversy, the less by the better is blessed --
(YLT)

Deuteronomy 17:8 If there arises a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates; then you shall arise, and go up to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Deuteronomy 19:17 then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before Yahweh, before the priests and the judges who shall be in those days;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Deuteronomy 21:5 The priests the sons of Levi shall come near; for them Yahweh your God has chosen to minister to him, and to bless in the name of Yahweh; and according to their word shall every controversy and every stroke be.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

Deuteronomy 25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS)

2 Samuel 15:2 And Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man that had a controversy came to the king for judgment, then Absalom called unto him, and said, Of what city art thou? And he said, Thy servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
(KJV DBY WBS)

2 Samuel 15:4 And Absalom said, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any controversy and cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!
(DBY)

2 Chronicles 19:10 Whenever any controversy shall come to you from your brothers who dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, you shall warn them, that they not be guilty towards Yahweh, and so wrath come on you and on your brothers: this do, and you shall not be guilty.
(WEB JPS ASV)

Proverbs 29:9 If a wise man hath a controversy with a foolish man, Whether he be angry or laugh, there will be no rest.
(ASV NAS)

Isaiah 34:8 For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance, and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion.
(KJV JPS DBY WBS)

Jeremiah 25:31 A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as for the wicked, he will give them to the sword, says Yahweh.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS)

Ezekiel 44:24 In a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to my ordinances shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall make my Sabbaths holy.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT RSV)

Hosea 4:1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
(KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Hosea 12:2 Yahweh also has a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his deeds he will repay him.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT)

Micah 6:2 Hear, you mountains, Yahweh's controversy, and you enduring foundations of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with his people, and he will contend with Israel.
(WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS RSV)

Subtopics

Controversy

Related Terms

Job (60 Occurrences)

Dispute (37 Occurrences)

Indictment (4 Occurrences)

Controversies (6 Occurrences)

Gospels

Nicolaitans (2 Occurrences)

Umpire (1 Occurrence)

Disagreement (3 Occurrences)

Difference (19 Occurrences)