Deuteronomy 2:9
And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
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Contend
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Jude 1:3
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
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3 occurrences in 3 verses.
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רִיב
rîyb · reeb
7 times translated as this KJV form66 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to toss, i.e. grapple; mostly figuratively, to wrangle, i.e. hold a controversy; (by implication) to defend
Strong's KJV usage: adversary, chide, complain, contend, debate, × ever, × lay wait, plead, rebuke, strive, × thoroughly.
Strong's first: Job 9:3Strong's last: Micah 6:1
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gârâh · gaw-raw'
3 times translated as this KJV form14 total Strong's occurrences
properly, to grate, i.e. (figuratively) to anger
Strong's KJV usage: contend, meddle, stir up, strive.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 2:9Strong's last: Proverbs 28:4
Open full H1624 profile →ἐπαγωνίζομαι
epagōnízomai · ep-ag-o-nid'-zom-ahee
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
to struggle for
Strong's KJV usage: :--earnestly contend for.
Strong's first: Jude 1:3Strong's last: Jude 1:3
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dîyn · deen
1 times translated as this KJV form24 total Strong's occurrences
to rule; by implication to judge (as umpire); also to strive (as at law)
Strong's KJV usage: contend contend execute (judgment) judge minister judgment plead (the cause) at strife strive.
Strong's first: Ecclesiastes 6:10Strong's last: Ecclesiastes 6:10
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yârîyb · yaw-rebe'
1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
literally he will contend; properly, adjective contentious; used as noun, an adversary
Strong's KJV usage: that content(-eth), that strive.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jeremiah 18:19Strong's last: Jeremiah 18:19
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tachârâh · takh-aw-raw'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to vie with a rival
Strong's KJV usage: close, contend.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Jeremiah 12:5Strong's last: Jeremiah 12:5
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H1624
And the LORD said unto me, Distress not the Moabites, neither contend with them in battle: for I will not give thee of their land for a possession; because I have given Ar unto the children of Lot for a possession.
H1624
Rise ye up, take your journey, and pass over the river Arnon: behold, I have given into thine hand Sihon the Amorite, king of Heshbon, and his land: begin to possess it, and contend with him in battle.
H7378
If he will contend with him, he cannot answer him one of a thousand.
H7378
Will ye accept his person? will ye contend for God?
H1624
They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them.
H1777
That which hath been is named already, and it is known that it is man: neither may he contend with him that is mightier than he.
H7378
But thus saith the LORD, Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered: for I will contend with him that contendeth with thee, and I will save thy children.
H7378
He is near that justifieth me; who will contend with me? let us stand together: who is mine adversary? let him come near to me.
H7378
For I will not contend for ever, neither will I be always wroth: for the spirit should fail before me, and the souls which I have made.
H8474
If thou hast run with the footmen, and they have wearied thee, then how canst thou contend with horses? and if in the land of peace, wherein thou trustedst, they wearied thee, then how wilt thou do in the swelling of Jordan?
H3401
Give heed to me, O LORD, and hearken to the voice of them that contend with me.
H7378
Thus hath the Lord GOD shewed unto me: and, behold, the Lord GOD called to contend by fire, and it devoured the great deep, and did eat up a part.
H7378
Hear ye now what the LORD saith; Arise, contend thou before the mountains, and let the hills hear thy voice.
G1864
Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write unto you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write unto you, and exhort you that ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.
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contend
CONTEND, verb intransitive [Latin , to stretch. Gr., See Tend, Tenet.]
1. To strive, or to strive against; to struggle in opposition.
Distress not the Moabites, nor contend with them in battle. Deuteronomy 2:9.
2. To strive; to use earnest efforts to obtain, or to defend and preserve.
You sit above, and see vain men below contend for what you only can bestow.
Ye should earnestly contend for the faith once delivered to the saints. Jude 1:3.
3. To dispute earnestly; to strive in debate.
They that were of the circumcision contended with him. Acts 11:2. Job 9:3.
4. To reprove sharply; to chide; to strive to convince and reclaim.
Then contended I with the rulers. Nehemiah 13:11.
5.To strive in opposition; to punish.
The Lord God called to contend by fire. Amos 7:4.
6. To quarrel; to dispute fiercely; to wrangle. The parties contend about trifles.
To contend for, to strive to obtain; as, two competitors contend for the prize.
CONTEND, verb transitive To dispute; to contest.
When Carthage shall contend the world with Rome.
This transitive use of contend is not strictly legitimate. The phrase is elliptical, for being understood after contend; but it is admissible in poetry.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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