DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Strife

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

39exact KJV occurrences 29Old Testament 10New Testament 19books containing the word 11mapped Strong's IDs 39occurrence-specific Strong's links

FIRST OCCURRENCE

Genesis 13:7

And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

James 3:16

For where envying and strife is, there is confusion and every evil work.

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HEAVIEST BOOK

Proverbs

14 occurrences in 13 verses.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where strife appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Genesis 22 verses Numbers 11 verses Deuteronomy 11 verses Judges 11 verses 2 Samuel 11 verses Psalms 44 verses Proverbs 1413 verses Isaiah 11 verses Jeremiah 11 verses Ezekiel 22 verses Habakkuk 11 verses Luke 11 verses Romans 11 verses 1 Corinthians 11 verses Galatians 11 verses Philippians 22 verses 1 Timothy 11 verses Hebrews 11 verses James 22 verses

ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH7379

רִיב

rîyb · reeb

13 times translated as this KJV form59 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

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

cause 23 controversy 12 strivings 2 contention 2 chiding 1 suit 1 controversies 1 pleadings 1

Strong's first: Genesis 13:7Strong's last: Habakkuk 1:3

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HebrewH4066

מָדוֹן

mâdôwn · maw-dohn'

7 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a contest or quarrel

Strong's KJV usage: brawling, contention(-ous), discord, strife. Compare 4079, 4090.

Other KJV renderings

contention 3 discord 1

Strong's first: Psalms 80:6Strong's last: Proverbs 29:22

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HebrewH4808

מְרִיבָה

mᵉrîybâh · mer-ee-baw'

5 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

quarrel

Strong's KJV usage: provocation, strife.

Other KJV renderings

provocation 1

Strong's first: Genesis 13:8Strong's last: Ezekiel 48:28

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GreekG2052

ἐριθεία

eritheía · er-ith-i'-ah

4 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences

properly, intrigue, i.e. (by implication) faction

Strong's KJV usage: :--contention(-ious), strife.

Other KJV renderings

contentious 1 strifes 1 contention 1

Strong's first: Galatians 5:20Strong's last: James 3:16

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GreekG2054

ἔρις

éris · er'-is

4 times translated as this KJV form9 total Strong's occurrences

a quarrel, i.e. (by implication) wrangling

Strong's KJV usage: :--contention, debate, strife, variance.

Other KJV renderings

contentions 2 debate 1 debates 1 variance 1

Strong's first: Romans 13:13Strong's last: 1 Timothy 6:4

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GreekG485

ἀντιλογία

antilogía · an-tee-log-ee'-ah

1 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences

dispute, disobedience

Strong's KJV usage: :--contradiction, gainsaying, strife.

Other KJV renderings

contradiction 2 of 1 gainsaying 1

Strong's first: Hebrews 6:16Strong's last: Hebrews 6:16

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GreekG5379

φιλονεικία

philoneikía · fil-on-i-kee'-ah

1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences

quarrelsomeness, i.e. a dispute

Strong's KJV usage: :--strife.

Strong's first: Luke 22:24Strong's last: Luke 22:24

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HebrewH376

אִישׁ

ʼîysh · eesh

1 times translated as this KJV form1,622 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

Strong's KJV usage: also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare 802.

Other KJV renderings

man 955 men 210 one 188 husband 66 man's 43 any 27 none 12 every 8

Strong's first: Judges 12:2Strong's last: Judges 12:2

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HebrewH1777

דִּין

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.

Other KJV renderings

judge 14 judged 2 plead 2 strive 1 judgeth 1 judgment 1 contend 1 Execute 1

Strong's first: 2 Samuel 19:9Strong's last: 2 Samuel 19:9

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HebrewH1779

דִּין

dîyn · deen

1 times translated as this KJV form19 total Strong's occurrences

n-m

judgement (the suit, justice, sentence or tribunal); by implication also strife

Strong's KJV usage: cause, judgement, plea, strife.

Other KJV renderings

judgment 9 cause 7 plea 2

Strong's first: Proverbs 22:10Strong's last: Proverbs 22:10

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HebrewH4683

מַצָּה

matstsâh · mats-tsaw'

1 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

n-f

a quarrel

Strong's KJV usage: contention, debate, strife.

Other KJV renderings

contention 1 debate 1

Strong's first: Proverbs 17:19Strong's last: Proverbs 17:19

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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Deuteronomy 1:12

H7379

How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife?

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

strife

STRIFE, noun [See Strive.]

1. Exertion or contention for superiority; contest of emulation, either by intellectual or physical efforts. strife may be carried on between students or between mechanics.

Thus Gods contended, noble strife who most should ease the wants of life.

2. Contention in anger or enmity; contest; struggle for victory; quarrel or war.

I and my people were at great strife with the children of Ammon. Judges 12:2.

These vows thus granted, raisd a strife above betwixt the god of war and queen of love.

3. Opposition; contrariety; contrast.

Artificial strife lives in these touches livelier than life.

4. The agitation produced by different qualities; as the strife of acid and alkali. [Little used.]

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.

SOURCE & METHOD

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KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.

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Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

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