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If there arise a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within thy gates: then shalt thou arise, and get thee up into the place which the LORD thy God shall choose;
Read in context →And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.
Read in context →4 occurrences in 4 verses.
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rîyb · reeb
a contest (personal or legal)
Strong's KJV usage: adversary, cause, chiding, contend(-tion), controversy, multitude (from the margin), pleading, strife, strive(-ing), suit.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 17:8Strong's last: Micah 6:2
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confessedly
Strong's KJV usage: :--without controversy.
Strong's first: 1 Timothy 3:16Strong's last: 1 Timothy 3:16
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A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
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CONTROVERSY, noun [Latin See Controvert.]
1. Dispute; debate; agitation of contrary opinions. A dispute is commonly oral, and a controversy in writing. Dispute is often or generally a debate of short duration, a temporary debate; a controversy is often oral and sometimes continued in books or in law for months or years.
This left no room for controversy about the title.
Without controversy great is the mystery of godliness. 1 Timothy 3:16.
2. A suit in law; a case in which opposing parties contend for their respective claims before a tribunal.
And by their word shall every controversy and every stroke be tried. Deuteronomy 21:5.
3. Dispute; opposition carried on.
The Lord hath a controversy with the nations. Jeremiah 25:31.
4. Opposition; resistance.
And stemming [the torrent] with hearts of controversy
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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