Rivalry
ἐριθείαStrong’s G2052eritheia
Appears in 6 verses of the New Testament
In short
Eritheia is the Greek word usually translated “self-interest” and “contentions”. It appears in 6 verses of the New Testament.
“But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,”
Meaning
Usually translated “self-interest” and “contentions”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- self-interest 4
- contentions 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- James 2
- Romans 1
- 2 Corinthians 1
- Galatians 1
- Philippians 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Corinthians 12:20For I fear, lest, when I come, I shall not find you such as I would, and that I shall be found unto you such as ye would not: lest there be debates, envyings, wraths, strifes, backbitings, whisperings, swellings, tumults:
- Galatians 5:20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
- Philippians 2:3Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
- James 3:14But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
- James 3:16For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
Greek dictionary
ἐριθεία eritheia · rivalry
ἐριθία (T, cl., -εία), -ας, ἡ, [in Sm.: Eze.23:11 * ;] (on the origin and history of the word, see Hort, Ja., 81 fly.; Ellic. on Gal.5:20; Cremer, 262) ambition, self-seeking, rivalry: Jas.3:14, 16; κατ᾽ ἐριθίαν, Php.2:3; οἱ ἐξ ἐ., Rom.2:8, Php.1:17; pl. (Bl., § 32, 6; WM, 220; Swete, Mk., 153), 2Co.12:20, Gal.5:20.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “rivalry” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RI'VALRY, noun
[from rival.]
Competition; a strife or effort to obtain an object which another is pursuing; as rivalry in love; or an endeavor to equal or surpass another in some excellence; emulation; as rivalry for superiority at the bar or in the senate.
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.