diaparatribas

Strong’sG3859

useless debate

stem diaparatrib-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

δια-παρα-τριβή, -ῆς, ἡ

(< παρατριβή, friction, irritation)

mutual irritation (Field, Notes, 211), wrangling: I Ti 6:5 (Rec. παραδιατριβή).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3859 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidpar-ad-ee-at-ree-bay'

misemployment, i.e. meddlesomeness

Fromfrom a compound of G3844 and G1304;

King Jamesperverse disputing.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

Related to: διατρῐβή, ἡ,
wearing away, especially of Time, way or manner of spending, χρόνου τε διατριβὰς.. ἐφηῦρε.. πεσσοὺς κύβους τε pastimes, Refs 5th c.BC+
1 pastime, amusement, Refs 5th c.BC+materiem jocandi, Refs 1st c.AD+; place of amusement, Refs 4th c.BC+
2 serious occupation, study, etc., τοὺς ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ καὶ τῇ τοιᾷδε δ. τεθραμμένους Refs 5th c.BC+
2.b discourse, τὰς ἐμὰς δ. καὶ τοὺς λόγους Refs 5th c.BC+
2.c short ethical treatise or lecture, δ. βραχέος διανοήματος ἠθικοῦ ἔκτασις Refs 2nd c.AD+
2.d school of philosophy, Refs 2nd c.AD+; also, a place of teaching, school, ἡ ἐν τῷ κήπῳ δ. Refs 4th c.BC+
3 way of life, passing of time, δ. ἐν ἀγορᾷ Refs 5th c.BC+; ἡ ἐν Σικελίᾳ δ. stay there, Refs 5th c.BC+; ποιεῖσθαι ἐν τῷ ὑγρῷ τὴν δ., ἐν τῇ γῇ, Refs 4th c.BC+
4 place of resort, haunt, τὰς ἐν Λυκείῳ δ. Refs 5th c.BC+
II in bad sense, waste of time, loss of time, delay, with or without χρόνου, Refs 5th c.BC+; χρόνου δ. ἐμποιεῖν, παρέχειν, Refs 5th c.BC+; διατριβὴν ποτῷ ποιεῖν prolong a carouse, Refs 2nd c.AD+
III Rhet., occasion for dwelling on a subject, Refs 4th c.BC+
IV continuance, permanence, Refs
V obscene meaning, ={συνουσία}, Refs 6th c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

constant friction1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	diaparatribas	diaparatribais1×διαπαρατριβαὶ
object accusative	diaparatriban	diaparatribain
direct address vocative	diaparatribar	diaparatribair
of, belonging to genitive	diaparatribau	diaparatribaiu
to, for dative	diaparatriba	diaparatribai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

diaparatribstem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

diaparatriba is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

diaparatribais“constant friction”subjectnominative plural1×

1 Timothy 6:5diaparatribais diaftherorēntoiu anthrōpoiu ton nouon kai aposterorēntoiu …and constant friction between men of depraved mind who …