Difference between revisions of "Contend; Contention"

<p> ''''' kon ''''' - ''''' tend ''''' ´, ''''' kon ''''' - ''''' ten´shun ''''' : The meeting of effort by effort, striving against opposition; sometimes physically, as in battle (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 2:9 ), or with horses (&nbsp;Jeremiah 12:5 ), sometimes orally (&nbsp;Nehemiah 13:11 ), sometimes spiritually (&nbsp;Isaiah 57:16 ). In the New [[Testament]] διακρίνειν , <i> ''''' diakrı́nein ''''' </i> , for the hostile separation of one from another, dispute (&nbsp;Judges 1:9 ), or ἐπαγωνίζομαι , <i> ''''' epagōnı́zomai ''''' </i> (&nbsp;Judges 1:3 ), descriptive of the strain to which a contestant is put. The noun is almost universally used with an unfavorable meaning, and as worthy of condemnation, for an altercation arising from a quarrelsome disposition. "By pride cometh only contention" (&nbsp;Proverbs 13:10 ). The contentions at [[Corinth]] (&nbsp;1 Corinthians 1:11 ) called forth the rebukes of Paul. Where used in the King James Version in a good sense (&nbsp;1 Thessalonians 2:2 ) the Revised Version (British and American) has "conflict." In &nbsp;Acts 15:39 , the noun has a peculiar force, where English [[Versions]] of the Bible translates <i> ''''' paroxusmós ''''' </i> (whence English "paroxysm") by "sharp contention." The Greek word refers rather to the inner excitement and irritation than to its outward expression. </p>

<p> ''''' kon ''''' - ''''' tend ''''' ´, ''''' kon ''''' - ''''' ten´shun ''''' : The meeting of effort by effort, striving against opposition; sometimes physically, as in battle (&nbsp;Deuteronomy 2:9 ), or with horses (&nbsp;Jeremiah 12:5 ), sometimes orally (&nbsp;Nehemiah 13:11 ), sometimes spiritually (&nbsp;Isaiah 57:16 ). In the New [[Testament]] διακρίνειν , <i> ''''' diakrı́nein ''''' </i> , for the hostile separation of one from another, dispute (&nbsp;Judges 1:9 ), or ἐπαγωνίζομαι , <i> ''''' epagōnı́zomai ''''' </i> (&nbsp;Judges 1:3 ), descriptive of the strain to which a contestant is put. The noun is almost universally used with an unfavorable meaning, and as worthy of condemnation, for an altercation arising from a quarrelsome disposition. "By pride cometh only contention" (&nbsp;Proverbs 13:10 ). The contentions at [[Corinth]] (&nbsp;1 Corinthians 1:11 ) called forth the rebukes of Paul. Where used in the King James Version in a good sense (&nbsp;1 Thessalonians 2:2 ) the Revised Version (British and American) has "conflict." In &nbsp;Acts 15:39 , the noun has a peculiar force, where English [[Versions]] of the Bible translates <i> ''''' paroxusmós ''''' </i> (whence English "paroxysm") by "sharp contention." The Greek word refers rather to the inner excitement and irritation than to its outward expression. </p>

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