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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59225" /> == | == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59225" /> == | ||
<p> [[Controversy | <p> [[Controversy]] n. L. See Controvert. </p> 1. [[Dispute]] debate agitation of contrary opinions. A dispute is commonly oral, and a controversy in writing. Dispute is often or generally a debate of short duration, a temporary debate a controversy is often oral and sometimes continued in books or in law for months or years. <p> This left no room for controversy, about the title. </p> <p> Without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness. 1 Timothy 3 . </p> 2. A suit in law a case in which opposing parties contend for their respective claims before a tribunal. <p> And by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried. Deuteronomy 21 . </p> 3. Dispute opposition carried on. <p> The Lord hath a controversy with the nations. Jeremiah 25 . </p> 4. [[Opposition]] resistance. <p> And stemming the torrent with hearts of controversy. </p> | ||
== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77128" /> == | == Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77128" /> == | ||
<div> '''1: | <div> '''1: '''''Ὁμολογουμένως''''' ''' (Strong'S #3672 — Adverb — homologoumenos — hom-ol-og-ow-men'-oce ) </div> <p> "confessedly, by common consent," akin to homologeo, "to confess" (homos, "same," lego, "to speak"), is rendered in 1—Timothy 3:16 "without controversy;" some translate it "confessedly." See [[Confess]] , A, No. 1, and B. </p> | ||
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_104271" /> == | == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_104271" /> == | ||
<p> '''(1):''' (n.) Quarrel; strife; cause of variance; difference. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) | <p> '''(1):''' (n.) Quarrel; strife; cause of variance; difference. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (n.) A suit in law or equity; a question of right. </p> | ||
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2779" /> == | == International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2779" /> == | ||
<p> '''''kon´tro''''' -'''''vẽr''''' -'''''si''''' ( ריב , <i> '''''rı̄bh''''' </i> , "strife," "contention"; ὁμολογουμένως , <i> '''''homologouménōs''''' </i> , "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. </p> | <p> ''''' kon´tro ''''' - ''''' vẽr ''''' - ''''' si ''''' ( ריב , <i> ''''' rı̄bh ''''' </i> , "strife," "contention"; ὁμολογουμένως , <i> ''''' homologouménōs ''''' </i> , "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. </p> | ||
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