noun · feminine
eridas
Strong’sG2054
contention, strife
stem erid-9 times in the New Testamentin 7 of 27 books6 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.
ἔρις, -ιδος acc, ἔριν (on the declension, v. B1., § 8, 3; WH, App., 157), ἡ,
[in LXX: Ps 138 (139):20, Si 28:11 40:5, 9 *;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2054 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saider'-is
a quarrel, i.e. (by implication) wrangling
Fromof uncertain affinity;
King Jamescontention, debate, strife, variance.
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
B ={ἶρις}, Attic dialect, accusative to Refs 5th 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.
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 | eridas4×ἔρις | eridais1×ἔριδες |
| object accusative | eridan1×ἔριν | eridain1×ἔρεις |
| direct address vocative | eridar | eridair |
| of, belonging to genitive | eridau1×ἔριδος | eridaiu |
| to, for dative | erida1×ἔριδι | eridai |
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
erida 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.
9 occurrences, every one of them listed
eridas“strife”subjectnominative singular4×
1 Corinthians 3:3“strife”… hopou gar en vi zēlos kai eridas, ouchi sarkikois avō kai kata anthrōpon …for you are still worldly. For since there is jealousy and dissension among you, are you not worldly? Are you not …
2 Corinthians 12:20… vi hoion ouk thelavō, mē pōs eridas, zēlos, thumois, eritheiais, katalaliais, psithurismois, fusiōsiais, …… I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance …
Galatians 5:20“strife”eidōlolatrias, farmakeias, echthrais, eridas, zēlos, thumois, eritheiais, dichostasiais, hairesiais,idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
1 Timothy 6:4… kai logomachiain, ek haiu genotō fthonos, eridas, blasfēmiais, huponoiais ponērais,… words, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,
eridan“rivalry”objectaccusative singular1×
Philippians 1:15Tinois men kai dia fthonon kai eridan, tinois de kai dia eudokian ton …… preach Christ out of envy and rivalry, but others out of goodwill.
eridau“strife”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
Romans 1:29… ponēria pleonexia kakia, mestoin fthonou fonou eridau dolou kakoētheiau, psithuristoin,… They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips,
erida“quarreling”to, fordative singular1×
Romans 13:13“quarreling”… methai, mē koitai kai aselgeiai, mē erida kai zēlo,… carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
eridais“quarrels”subjectnominative plural1×
1 Corinthians 1:11… adelfoir mu, hupo toiu Chloau hoti eridais en vi alō.… have informed me that there are quarrels among you.
eridain“contentions”objectaccusative plural1×
Titus 3:9“contentions”mōrain de zētēsiain kai genealogiain kai eridain kai machain nomikain peristēosōr, alō gar …But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, arguments, and quarrels about the law, because these things are pointless and worthless.