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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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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.

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

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

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EVERY OCCURRENCE

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39 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

Jeremiah 15:10
H7379

Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.

Ezekiel 47:19
H4808

And the south side southward, from Tamar even to the waters of strife in Kadesh, the river to the great sea. And this is the south side southward.

Ezekiel 48:28
H4808

And by the border of Gad, at the south side southward, the border shall be even from Tamar unto the waters of strife in Kadesh, and to the river toward the great sea.

Habakkuk 1:3
H7379

Why dost thou shew me iniquity, and cause me to behold grievance? for spoiling and violence are before me: and there are that raise up strife and contention.

Luke 22:24
G5379

And there was also a strife among them, which of them should be accounted the greatest.

Romans 13:13
G2054

Let us walk honestly, as in the day; not in rioting and drunkenness, not in chambering and wantonness, not in strife and envying.

1 Corinthians 3:3
G2054

For ye are yet carnal: for whereas there is among you envying, and strife, and divisions, are ye not carnal, and walk as men?

Galatians 5:20
G2052

Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,

Philippians 1:15
G2054

Some indeed preach Christ even of envy and strife; and some also of good will:

Philippians 2:3
G2052

Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.

1 Timothy 6:4
G2054

He is proud, knowing nothing, but doting about questions and strifes of words, whereof cometh envy, strife, railings, evil surmisings,

Hebrews 6:16
G485

For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.

James 3:14
G2052

But if ye have bitter envying and strife in your hearts, glory not, and lie not against the truth.

James 3:16
G2052

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

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.

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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.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.