Nehemiah 13:11
Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
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Contended
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Acts 11:2
And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
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3 occurrences in 3 verses.
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רִיב
rîyb · reeb
3 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: Nehemiah 13:11Strong's last: Nehemiah 13:25
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diakrínō · dee-ak-ree'-no
1 times translated as this KJV form24 total Strong's occurrences
to separate thoroughly, i.e. (literally and reflexively) to withdraw from, or (by implication) oppose; figuratively, to discriminate (by implication, decide), or (reflexively) hesitate
Strong's KJV usage: :--contend, make (to) differ(-ence), discern, doubt, judge, be partial, stagger, waver.
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Strong's first: Acts 11:2Strong's last: Acts 11:2
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matstsûwth · mats-tsooth'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
a quarrel
Strong's KJV usage: that contended.
Strong's first: Isaiah 41:12Strong's last: Isaiah 41:12
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rîyb · reeb
1 times translated as this KJV form59 total Strong's occurrences
a contest (personal or legal)
Strong's KJV usage: adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 31:13Strong's last: Job 31:13
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H4695
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
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contended
CONTENDED, participle passive Urged in argument or debate; disputed; contested.
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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