ἐριθεία in the New Testament

Definitions

Thayer

1) electioneering or intriguing for office
1a) apparently, in the NT a courting distinction, a desire to put one's self forward, a partisan and fractious spirit which does not disdain low arts
1b) partisanship, fractiousness
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Citing in TDNT: 2:660, 256

Strong

G2052
Perhaps from the same as G2042; properly intrigue, that is, (by implication) faction: - contention (-ious), strife.

Louw-Nida

GlossSection
b hostility39.7
a selfish ambition88.167

Classical Greek Dictionaries

These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.

Perseus Digital Library

University of Chicago's Logion lexicon

Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen

Strong's dictionary

Crosswalk

Thayer's dictionary plus other information.

LaParola

From this site's dictionary (in Italian)

In the New Testament

SBL (also Westcott and Hort; Tischendorf; Byzantine)

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