verb
erizamō
Strong’sG2051
I contend, dispute
stem eriz-once in the New Testament1 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.
ἐρίζω
(< ἔρις), [in LXX for מָרָה, etc.;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2051 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saider-id'-zo
to wrangle
Fromfrom G2054;
King Jamesstrive.
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
Doric dialect 3rd.pers. plural ἐρίζοντι Refs 5th c.BC+; Epic dialect infinitive ἐριζέμεναι, -έμεν, Refs 8th c.BC+: imperfect ἤριζον Refs 4th c.BC+, Doric dialect ἔρισδον Refs 3rd c.BC+, Epic dialect ἔριζον Refs 8th c.BC+, Ionic dialect ἐρίζεσκον Refs 8th c.BC+: future ἐρίσω NT+2nd c.AD+ codices, Doric dialect ἐρίξω Refs 5th c.BC+: aorist I ἤρῐσα Refs 8th c.BC+; Epic dialect optative ἐρίσσειε Refs 8th c.BC+; Doric dialect participle ἐρίξαντες Refs: perfect ἤρῐκα Refs 2nd c.BC+:—middle, Epic dialect imperfect ἐρίζετο Refs 8th c.BC+: aorist subjunctive ἐρίσσεται Refs 8th c.BC+ —passive, Epic dialect perfect ἐρήρισμαι (in active sense), see below: (ἔρις):—strive, wrangle, quarrel, διαστήτην ἐρίσαντε Refs 8th c.BC+; ἀντία τοῖς ἀγαθοῖςRefs 5th c.BC+; περί τινος about a thing, Refs 8th c.BC+: followed by a relative, ἐ. ὅστις ἀρείων Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, contend that.., ἤριζον οἱ πολλοὶ οὐ λυσιτελήσειν τὴν πάροδον Refs 4th c.BC+: absolutely, of sophistical disputations, opposed to διαλέγεσθαι, ἀμφισβητεῖν, Refs 5th c.BC+; of political discord, with dative, Foed. cited in Refs 5th c.BC+
2 rival, vie with, challenge, οὐκ ἂν ἔπειτ᾽ Ὀδυσῆΐ γ᾽ ἐρίσσειε βροτὸς ἄλλος Refs 8th c.BC+: with accusative of things, rival or contend with one in a thing, οὐδ᾽ εἰ..Ἀφροδίτῃ κάλλος ἐρίζοι Refs 8th c.BC+: with infinitive, ἐρίζετον ἀλλήλοιιν χερσὶ μαχέσσασθαι Refs 8th c.BC+; ἶσα δὲ πίνειν οὔτις οἱ ἀνθρώπων ἤρισεν Phalaec. cited in Refs 5th c.BC+; Νέστωρ οἶος ἔριζε N. alone rivalled (him), Refs 8th c.BC+
II middle, like active, ᾧ [τόξῳ] οὔ τίς τοι ἐρίζεται Refs 8th c.BC+: also in perfect passive, τῷ οὔ τις ἐρήρισται κράτος Refs 8th c.BC+
II.2 passive, ταχυτὰς ποδῶν ἐρίζεται there are contests in fleetness of foot, Refs 5th c.BC+
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
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| erizatiἐρίσει | will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular | quarrel | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | erizamō | erizame | erizami | erizama | erizamē | erizamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | erizasō | erizase | erizasi | erizasa | erizasē | erizaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | erizatō | erizate | erizati1×ἐρίσει | erizata | erizatē | erizatelē |
| we 1st person plural | erizanō | erizane | erizani | erizana | erizanē | erizanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | erizavō | erizave | erizavi | erizava | erizavē | erizavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | erizalō | erizale | erizali | erizala | erizalē | erizalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | erizameiō | erizameia | erizameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | erizaseiō | erizaseia | erizaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | erizateiō | erizateia | erizateiē |
| we 1st person plural | erizaneiō | erizaneia | erizaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | erizaveiō | erizaveia | erizaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | erizaleiō | erizaleia | erizaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | erizasōr | erizasar | erizasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | erizatōr | erizatar | erizatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | erizavōr | erizavar | erizavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | erizalōr | erizalar | erizalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | erizamoiō | erizamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | erizasoiō | erizasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | erizatoiō | erizatoia |
| we 1st person plural | erizanoiō | erizanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | erizavoiō | erizavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | erizaloiō | erizaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | erizarō | erizari | erizara | erizarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | erizarōntos | erizarintos | erizarantos | erizarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
eriz 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
erizati“quarrel”will happen · he/she/itfuture active indicative 3rd person singular1×
Matthew 12:19ouk erizati oude kraugazati, oude akouati tinos en …He will not quarrel or cry out; no one will …