noun · feminine

diaparatribas

Greekδιαπαρατριβή (diaparatribē)

Strong’sG3859

useless debate

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

Translated as

constant friction1×

What it means

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.

Every form

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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

diaparatribais“constant friction”subjectnominative plural1×

1 Timothy 6:5“constant friction”diaparatribais diaftheirirētoiu anthrōpoiu ton nouon kai aposterirētoiu tau alētheiau, nomizarōtoiu porismon arō tan eusebeian.and constant friction between men of depraved mind who are devoid of the truth. These men regard godliness as a means of gain.