Strong's Concordance
erizó: to wrangle, strive
Original Word: ἐρίζωPart of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: erizó
Phonetic Spelling: (er-id'-zo)
Short Definition: I contend, dispute
Definition: I contend, dispute, wrangle, strive.
HELPS Word-studies
Cognate: 2051 erízō – to contend; to confront (engage) in heated debate that results in discord (needless strife). This is the opposite of what Christ the Messiah does (see Mt 12:19, the only occurrence of 2051 /erízō in the NT). See 2054 (eris).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2051: ἐρίζωἐρίζω: (future
ἐρίσω, cf.
Buttmann, 37 (32)); (
ἔρις);
to wrangle, engage in strife (Latin
rixari):
Matthew 12:19, where by the phrase
οὐκ ἐρίσει the Evangelist seems to describe the calm temper of Jesus in contrast with the vehemence of the Jewish doctors wrangling together about tenets and practices. ((From
Homer down.))
