Words the Bible translates as contend
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 9 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- rivרִיבto press a contention against another: to quarrel, take someone to task, or argue a case against them
- dinדִּיןto take up a cause and rule on it: to render and carry out a verdict, most often by securing justice for the wronged
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- to remain, abide: a contested reading found only at Genesis 6:3, and probably a different word from the verb to judge above
- garahגָּרָהto provoke conflict: to kindle strife or throw oneself into a quarrel or war against another
- natsahנָצָהto fight: to be locked against another party in an open struggle, most often two people coming to blows
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- to be left in ruins: of a city or a countryside, knocked into heaps of rubble and emptied of people
- sunathleōσυναθλέωto contendnot studied yet
- sarahשָׂרָהto contend with someone: to set yourself against another and hold out rather than give way
- taḥarahתַּחָרָהto contendnot studied yet
- epagōnizomaiἐπαγωνίζομαιto contendnot studied yet
- asaqעָשַׂקto contendnot studied yet
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