Word Summary
erizō: to wrangle, strive
Original Word: ἐρίζωTransliteration: erizō
Phonetic Spelling: (er-id'-zo)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to wrangle, strive
Meaning: to wrangle, strive
Strong's Concordance
strive.
From eris; to wrangle -- strive.
see GREEK 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.))