ἐριθεία
KJV Translations of G2052
contention(-ious), strife
Word Origin & Derivation
perhaps as the same as G2042 (ἐρεθίζω);
G2052 in the King James Bible
7 versesIdolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
For 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:
But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.
For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.
The one preach Christ of contention, not sincerely, supposing to add affliction to my bonds:
Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
But unto them that are contentious, and do not obey the truth, but obey unrighteousness, indignation and wrath,