noun · feminine
eritheias
Strong’sG2052
ambition, rivalry
stem erithei-7 times in the New Testamentin 5 of 27 books4 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.
** ἐριθία
(T, cl., -εία), -ας, ἡ, [in Sm.: Ez 23:11 *;] (on the origin and history of the word, v. Hort, Ja., 81 ff.; Ellic. on Ga 5:20; Cremer, 262)
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2052 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saider-ith-i'-ah
properly, intrigue, i.e. (by implication) faction
Fromperhaps as the same as G2042;
King Jamescontention(-ious), strife.
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
labour for wages, Refs 5th c.AD+
II canvassing for public office, intriguing, Refs 4th c.BC+
II.2 selfish or factious ambition, ζῆλος καὶ ἐ. NT; plural, intrigues, party squabbles, NT
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 | eritheias1×ἐριθεία | eritheiais2×ἐριθεῖαι |
| object accusative | eritheian2×ἐριθείαν | eritheiain |
| direct address vocative | eritheiar | eritheiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | eritheiau2×ἐριθείας | eritheiaiu |
| to, for dative | eritheia | eritheiai |
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
eritheia 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.
7 occurrences, every one of them listed
eritheias“selfish ambition”subjectnominative singular1×
James 3:16hopou gar zēlos kai eritheias, ekei akatastasias kai pantem faulem pragmem.For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and …
eritheian“selfish ambition”objectaccusative singular2×
Philippians 2:3mēdenem kata eritheian mēde kata kenodoxian, alla ta tapeinofrosuna …Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility …
James 3:14ei de zēlon pikron echavō kai eritheian en ta kardia vu, mē katakauchovōr …… if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast …
eritheiau“selfish ambition”of, belonging togenitive singular2×
Romans 2:8“selfish ambition”toi de ek eritheiau kai apeitharōntoi ta alētheia peithorōntoi de …But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow …
Philippians 1:17tois de ek eritheiau ton Christon katangelalō, ouk hagnōs, oiorōntois …… former, however, preach Christ out of selfish ambition, not sincerely, supposing that they can …
eritheiais“selfish ambitions”subjectnominative plural2×
2 Corinthians 12:20“selfish ambitions”… thelavō, mē pōs eridas, zēlos, thumois, eritheiais, katalaliais, psithurismois, fusiōsiais, akatastasiais;… as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
Galatians 5:20“selfish ambitions”eidōlolatrias, farmakeias, echthrais, eridas, zēlos, thumois, eritheiais, dichostasiais, hairesiais,idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,