Controversy
King James Dictionary [1]
Controversy n. L. See Controvert.
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.
This left no room for controversy, about the title.
Without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness. 1 Timothy 3 .
2. A suit in law a case in which opposing parties contend for their respective claims before a tribunal.
And by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried. Deuteronomy 21 .
3. Dispute opposition carried on.
The Lord hath a controversy with the nations. Jeremiah 25 .
4. Opposition resistance.
And stemming the torrent with hearts of controversy.
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [2]
"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.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(1): (n.) Quarrel; strife; cause of variance; difference.
(2): (n.) Contention; dispute; debate; discussion; agitation of contrary opinions.
(3): (n.) A suit in law or equity; a question of right.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]
kon´tro - vẽr - si ( ריב , rı̄bh , "strife," "contention"; ὁμολογουμένως , homologouménōs , "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.
