Quarrel
ἔριςStrong’s G2054eris
Appears in 9 verses of the New Testament
In short
Eris is the Greek word usually translated “strife”, “dissension” and “quarrels”. It appears in 9 verses of the New Testament.
“He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,”
Meaning
Usually translated “strife”, “dissension” and “quarrels”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- strife 5
- in dissension 1
- quarrels 1
- a quarrel 1
- arguments 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Romans 2
- 1 Corinthians 2
- 2 Corinthians 1
- Galatians 1
- Philippians 1
- 1 Timothy 1
7 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Titus 3:9In contextBut avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
- Romans 1:29Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers,
- Romans 13:13Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.
- 1 Corinthians 1:11For it hath been declared unto me of you, my brethren, by them which are of the house of Chloe, that there are contentions among you.
- 1 Corinthians 3:3For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?
- 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:
Greek dictionary
ἔρις eris · quarrel
ἔρις, -ιδος accusative, ἔριν (on the declension, see B1., § 8, 3; WH, App., 157), ἡ, [in LXX: Psa.139:20, Sir.28:11 40:5, 9 * ;] strife, wrangling, contention: Rom.1:29 13:13, 1Co.3:3, 2Co.12:20, Gal.5:20, Php.1:15, 1Ti.6:4, Tit.3:9; pl. (see: ἐριθία), Rom.13:13, WH, mg., 1Co.1:11, Ga, l.with, WH, mg.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “quarrel” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
QUAR'REL, noun
[Latin queror, to complain, that is, to cry out with a loud voice. Hence we see the primary sense is the same as brawl. The Latin queror coincides in elements with to call, to bawl, to shout, and gearan, a complaint. Heb.
- A brawl; a petty fight or scuffle; from its noise and uproar.
- A dispute; a contest.
- A breach of friendship or concord; open variance between parties.
- Cause of dispute.
All definitions and other forms of “quarrel”
- Something that gives a right to mischief, reprisal or action.
- Objection; ill will, or reason to complain; ground of objection or dispute.“Herodias had a quarrel against him” Mark 6:19
- Something peevish, malicious, or disposed to make trouble. [Not used.]
QUAR'REL, noun
- An arrow with a square head. [Not used unless in poetry.]
- A pane of glass; a square. [See Quarry and Square.]
QUAR'REL, verb intransitive
- To dispute violently or with loud and angry words; to wrangle; to scold.
- To fight; to scuffle; to contend; to squabble; used of two persons or of a small number.
- To fall into variance.
- To find fault; to cavil.
- To disagree; to be at variance; not to be in accordance in form or essence.
QUAR'REL, verb transitive
- To quarrel with.
- To compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights.
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.