Dispute
ἀντιλογίαStrong’s G0485antilogia
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Antilogia is the Greek word usually translated “disputes”, “dispute” and “hostility”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“Woe unto them! for they have gone in the way of Cain, and ran greedily after the error of Balaam for reward, and perished in the gainsaying of Core.”
Meaning
Usually translated “disputes”, “dispute” and “hostility”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- disputes 1
- dispute 1
- hostility 1
- rebellion 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Hebrews 3
- Jude 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Hebrews 6:16For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
- Hebrews 7:7And without all contradiction the less is blessed of the better.
- Hebrews 12:3For consider him that endured such contradiction of sinners against himself, lest ye be wearied and faint in your minds.
Greek dictionary
ἀντιλογία antilogia · dispute
ἀντιλογία, -ας ἡ (ἀντιλέγω), [in LXX chiefly for רִיב ;] gain-saying, strife (the latter sense being found in π.; see MM, VGT, see word; cf. Field, Notes, 106): Heb.6:16 7:7 12:3, Ju 11.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “dispute” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
DISPUTE, verb intransitive
[Latin dispute is radically very similar to debate and discuss, both of which are from beating, driving, agitation.]
- To contend in argument; to reason or argue in opposition; to debate; to altercate; and to dispute violently is to wrangle.
- To strive or contend in opposition in a competitor; as, we disputed for the prize.
All definitions and other forms of “dispute”
DISPUTE, verb transitive
- To attempt to disprove by arguments or statements; to attempt to prove to be false, unfounded or erroneous; to controvert; to attempt to overthrow by reasoning.
- To strive or contend for, either by words or actions; as, to dispute the honor of the day; to dispute a prize.
- To call in question the propriety of; to oppose by reasoning.
- To strive to maintain; as, to dispute every inch of ground.
DISPUTE, noun
- Strife or contest in words or by arguments; an attempt to prove and maintain ones own opinions or claims, by arguments or statements, in opposition to the opinions, arguments or claims of another; controversy in words.
- The possibility of being controverted; as in the phrase, this is a fact, beyond all dispute
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.