Jump to: Topical • ISBE • Webster's • Concordance • Thesaurus • Greek • Hebrew • Library • Subtopics • Terms Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary 1. (n.) The act of striving; earnest endeavor.2. (n.) Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts. 3. (n.) Altercation; violent contention; fight; battle. 4. (n.) That which is contended against; occasion of contest. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia WATERS OF STRIFEstrif. Greek 2054. eris -- strife ... strife. Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: eris Phonetic Spelling: (er'-is) Short Definition: contention, strife Definition: contention, strife ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/2054.htm - 6k 5380. philoneikos -- fond of strife 5379. philoneikia -- love of strife 3055. logomachia -- a strife of words 4714b. stasis -- a standing, by impl. an insurrection, fig. strife 2052. eritheia -- rivalry, hence ambition 485. antilogia -- gainsaying, contradiction 4171. polemos -- war 3163. mache -- a fight 4442. pur -- fire Topical Bible Verses Proverbs 10:12Hatred stirs up strifes: but love covers all sins. Topicalbible.org 2 Timothy 2:23-25 Mark 3:24 Proverbs 16:28 Habakkuk 1:3 Luke 12:51-53 Isaiah 41:11 Matthew 5:25 Isaiah 58:4 1 Corinthians 6:1-7 Strong's Hebrew 4808. meribah -- strife, contention... 4807, 4808. meribah. 4809 . strife, contention. Transliteration: meribah Phonetic Spelling: (mer-ee-baw') Short Definition: strife. ... /hebrew/4808.htm - 6k 4066. madon -- strife, contention 7379. rib -- strife, dispute 4683. matstsah -- strife, contention 4090. medan -- discord, strife 1624. garah -- to stir up (strife), engage in strife 8409. tigrah -- contention, strife, hostility 4695. matstsuth -- strife, contention 4809. Meribah -- "place of strife," two places in the desert 1481b. gur -- to stir up strife, quarrel Library Whether Strife is a Daughter of Anger? Whether Strife is Always a Sin? Whether There Can be Strife or Discord among the Angels? Of a Loving Strife Between the Spirit of God and Our Spirit The Strife for Precedence at Feasts. --The Poor, not the Rich, to ... Peace and Strife. Of Strife (Two Articles) [*Strife Here Denotes Fighting Between ... Let the Partakers in Strife Acknowledge their Sins. Let the Partakers in Strife Acknowledge their Sins. Constantine, Having Heard of the Strife of the Bishops, and the ... Thesaurus Strife (71 Occurrences)... contest. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. WATERS OF STRIFE. strif. See MERIBAH. Multi-Version Concordance Strife (71 Occurrences). Matthew ... /s/strife.htm - 27k Contention (24 Occurrences) Quarreling (17 Occurrences) Stirs (23 Occurrences) Envy (56 Occurrences) Envying (8 Occurrences) Emulation (5 Occurrences) Dissension (18 Occurrences) Debate (13 Occurrences) Stirreth (16 Occurrences) Bible Concordance Strife (71 Occurrences)Matthew 12:25 Knowing their thoughts He said to them, "Every kingdom in which civil war has raged suffers desolation; and every city or house in which there is internal strife will be brought low. Luke 22:24 And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest. Acts 7:51 "O stiff-necked men, uncircumcised in heart and ears, you also are continually at strife with the Holy Spirit--just as your forefathers were. Romans 1:29 being filled with all unrighteousness, sexual immorality, wickedness, covetousness, malice; full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, evil habits, secret slanderers, Romans 13:13 Let us walk properly, as in the day; not in reveling and drunkenness, not in sexual promiscuity and lustful acts, and not in strife and jealousy. 1 Corinthians 3:3 for you are still fleshly. For insofar as there is jealousy, strife, and factions among you, aren't you fleshly, and don't you walk in the ways of men? 2 Corinthians 12:20 For I am afraid that by any means, when I come, I might find you not the way I want to, and that I might be found by you as you don't desire; that by any means there would be strife, jealousy, outbursts of anger, factions, slander, whisperings, proud thoughts, riots; Galatians 5:20 idolatry, sorcery, hatred, strife, jealousies, outbursts of anger, rivalries, divisions, heresies, Philippians 1:15 Some indeed preach Christ even out of envy and strife, and some also out of good will. Philippians 2:3 Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves. 1 Timothy 2:8 So then I would have the men everywhere pray, lifting to God holy hands which are unstained with anger or strife; 1 Timothy 6:12 be striving the good strife of the faith, be laying hold on the life age-during, to which also thou wast called, and didst profess the right profession before many witnesses. 2 Timothy 2:23 But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife. 2 Timothy 4:7 the good strife I have striven, the course I have finished, the faith I have kept, Titus 3:9 but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. Hebrews 6:16 For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife. James 3:14 But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth. James 3:16 For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work. Genesis 13:7 There was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram's livestock and the herdsmen of Lot's livestock: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite lived in the land at that time. Genesis 13:8 Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there be no strife between me and you, and between my herdsmen and your herdsmen; for we are relatives. Genesis 26:20 and shepherds of Gerar strive with shepherds of Isaac, saying, 'The water 'is' ours;' and he calleth the name of the well 'Strife,' because they have striven habitually with him; Exodus 17:7 and he calleth the name of the place Massah, and Meribah, because of the 'strife' of the sons of Israel, and because of their 'trying' Jehovah, saying, 'Is Jehovah in our midst or not?' Exodus 23:2 Thou art not after many to evil, nor dost thou testify concerning a strife, to turn aside after many to cause 'others' to turn aside; Exodus 23:3 and a poor man thou dost not honour in his strife. Exodus 23:6 Thou dost not turn aside the judgment of thy needy one in his strife; Numbers 27:14 because you rebelled against my word in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the congregation, to sanctify me at the waters before their eyes." (These are the waters of Meribah of Kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.) Deuteronomy 1:12 How can I myself alone bear your encumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? Deuteronomy 17:8 When anything is too hard for thee for judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke -- matters of strife within thy gates -- then thou hast risen, and gone up unto the place on which Jehovah thy God doth fix, Deuteronomy 19:17 then have both the men who have the strife stood before Jehovah, before the priests and the judges who are in those days, Deuteronomy 21:5 And the priests, sons of Levi, have come nigh -- for on them hath Jehovah thy God fixed to serve Him, and to bless in the name of Jehovah, and by their mouth is every strife, and every stroke -- Deuteronomy 25:1 When there is a strife between men, and they have come nigh unto the judgment, and they have judged, and declared righteous the righteous, and declared wrong the wrong-doer, Judges 12:2 Jephthah said to them, "I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon; and when I called you, you didn't save me out of their hand. 2 Samuel 19:9 All the people were at strife throughout all the tribes of Israel, saying, "The king delivered us out of the hand of our enemies, and he saved us out of the hand of the Philistines; and now he has fled out of the land from Absalom. 2 Samuel 22:44 And -- Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of my people, Thou placest me for a head of nations; A people I have not known do serve me. 2 Chronicles 19:8 And also in Jerusalem hath Jehoshaphat appointed of the Levites, and of the priests, and of the heads of the fathers of Israel, for the judgment of Jehovah, and for strife; and they turn back to Jerusalem, 2 Chronicles 19:10 and any strife that cometh in unto you of your brethren who are dwelling in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and command, statutes, and judgments, then ye have warned them and they become not guilty before Jehovah, and wrath hath not been on you and on your brethren; thus do ye do, and ye are not guilty. Job 33:19 He is chastened also with pain on his bed, with continual strife in his bones; Psalms 18:43 Thou dost deliver me From the strivings of the people, Thou placest me for a head of nations, A people I have not known do serve me. Psalms 31:20 In the shelter of your presence you will hide them from the plotting of man. You will keep them secretly in a dwelling away from the strife of tongues. Psalms 55:9 Confuse them, Lord, and confound their language, for I have seen violence and strife in the city. Psalms 80:6 Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours: and our enemies laugh among themselves. Psalms 106:32 They angered him also at the waters of strife, so that it went ill with Moses for their sakes: Proverbs 6:14 His mind is ever designing evil: he lets loose violent acts. Proverbs 6:19 A false witness, breathing out untrue words, and one who lets loose violent acts among brothers. Proverbs 10:12 Hatred stirs up strife, but love covers all wrongs. Proverbs 13:10 The only effect of pride is fighting; but wisdom is with the quiet in spirit. Proverbs 15:18 A wrathful man stirs up contention, but one who is slow to anger appeases strife. Proverbs 16:28 A perverse man stirs up strife. A whisperer separates close friends. Proverbs 17:1 Better is a dry morsel with quietness, than a house full of feasting with strife. Proverbs 17:14 The beginning of strife is like breaching a dam, therefore stop contention before quarreling breaks out. Proverbs 17:19 He who loves disobedience loves strife. One who builds a high gate seeks destruction. Proverbs 18:6 A fool's lips come into strife, and his mouth invites beatings. Proverbs 18:18 The lot causeth contentions to cease, And parteth between the mighty. Proverbs 20:3 It is an honor for a man to keep aloof from strife; but every fool will be quarreling. Proverbs 22:10 Drive out the mocker, and strife will go out; yes, quarrels and insults will stop. Proverbs 23:29 Who has woe? Who has sorrow? Who has strife? Who has complaints? Who has needless bruises? Who has bloodshot eyes? Proverbs 26:17 He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears. Proverbs 26:20 Where no wood is, there the fire goeth out: so where there is no talebearer, the strife ceaseth. Proverbs 26:21 As coals are to hot embers, and wood to fire, so is a contentious man to kindling strife. Proverbs 28:25 One who is greedy stirs up strife; but one who trusts in Yahweh will prosper. Proverbs 29:22 An angry man stirs up strife, and a wrathful man abounds in sin. Proverbs 30:33 For as the churning of milk brings forth butter, and the wringing of the nose brings forth blood; so the forcing of wrath brings forth strife." Isaiah 34:8 (For a day of vengeance 'is' to Jehovah, A year of recompences for Zion's strife,) Isaiah 54:15 See, they may be moved to war, but not by my authority: all those who come together to make an attack on you, will be broken against you. Isaiah 58:4 Behold, you fast for strife and contention, and to strike with the fist of wickedness: you don't fast this day so as to make your voice to be heard on high. Jeremiah 15:10 Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet everyone of them does curse me. Ezekiel 47:19 And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward. Ezekiel 48:28 And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea. Hosea 4:1 Hear a word of Jehovah, sons of Israel, For a strife 'is' to Jehovah with inhabitants of the land, For there is no truth, nor kindness, Nor knowledge of God, in the land, Micah 6:2 Hear, O mountains, the strife of Jehovah, Ye strong ones -- foundations of earth! For a strife 'is' to Jehovah, with His people, And with Israel He doth reason. Habakkuk 1:3 Why do you show me iniquity, and look at perversity? For destruction and violence are before me. There is strife, and contention rises up. Subtopics Strife: An Evidence of a Carnal Spirit Strife: Appeased by Slowness to Anger Strife: Between Abraham and Lot's Herdsmen Strife: Christ, an Example of Avoiding Strife: Christians at Antioch (In Syria), About Circumcision Strife: Danger of Joining In--Illustrated Strife: Difficulty of Stopping, a Reason for Avoiding It Strife: Disciples, Over Who Could be the Greatest Strife: Evidences a Love of Transgression Strife: Excited by a Contentious Disposition Strife: Excited by Curious Questions Strife: Excited by Drunkenness Strife: Excited by Frowardness Strife: Excited by Tale-Bearing Strife: General Scriptures Concerning Strife: Herdmen of Abram and of Lot Strife: Herdmen of Gerar and of Isaac Strife: Hypocrites Make Religion a Pretence For Strife: Isaac's and Those of Gerar Strife: Israel and Judah, About David Strife: It is Honorable to Cease From Strife: Jephthah and his Brothers Strife: Jephthah and the Ephraimites Strife: Jews, Concerning Jesus Strife: Leads to Confusion and Every Evil Work Strife: Leads to Mutual Destruction Strife: Ministers should Avoid Strife: Ministers should Avoid Questions That Lead To Strife: Ministers should not Preach Through Strife: Ministers should Reprove Strife: Ministers should Warn Against Strife: Paul and Barnabas, About Mark Strife: Pharisees and Sadducees Strife: Pharisees and Sadducees, Concerning the General Resurrection Strife: Promoters of, should be Expelled Strife: Saints Kept from Tongues of Strife: Saints should Avoid Questions That Lead To Strife: Saints should do all Things Without Strife: Saints should not Act From Strife: Saints should not Walk In Strife: Saints should Praise God for Protection From Strife: Saints should Seek God's Protection From Strife: Saints should Submit to Wrong Rather than Engage In Strife: Strength and Violence of--Illustrated Strife: Temporal Blessing Embittered By Strife: The Corinthian Christians Related Terms Transgression (70 Occurrences) Links Bible Concordance • Bible Dictionary • Bible Encyclopedia • Topical Bible • Bible Thesuarus |
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