STRONGS NUMBER G2051


Word Summary
erizō: to wrangle, strive
Original Word: ἐρίζω
Transliteration: 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: ἐρίζω

ἐρίζω: (future ἐρίσω, cf. Buttmann, 37 (32)); (ἔρις); to wrangle, engage in strife (Latinrixari): 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.))