King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G3859
Transliteration: paradiatribē
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ad-ee-at-ree-bay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: wrangling, constant arguing
Meaning: wrangling, constant arguing
παραδιατριβή, παραδιατριβης, ἡ, useless occupation, empty business, misemployment (see παρά, IV. 2): 1 Timothy 6:5 Rec. (cf. Winers Grammar, 102 (96)), see διαπαρατριβή. Not found elsewhere; (cf. παραδιατυπόω in Justinian (in Koumanoudes, Λεξεις ἀθησαυρος, under the word)).
Word Summary
paradiatribē: wrangling, constant arguing
Original Word: παραδιατριβήTransliteration: paradiatribē
Phonetic Spelling: (par-ad-ee-at-ree-bay')
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Short Definition: wrangling, constant arguing
Meaning: wrangling, constant arguing
Strong's Concordance
wrangling, constant arguingFrom a compound of para and diatribo; misemployment, i.e. Meddlesomeness -- perverse disputing.
see GREEK para
see GREEK diatribo
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3859: παραδιατριβήπαραδιατριβή, παραδιατριβης, ἡ, useless occupation, empty business, misemployment (see παρά, IV. 2): 1 Timothy 6:5 Rec. (cf. Winers Grammar, 102 (96)), see διαπαρατριβή. Not found elsewhere; (cf. παραδιατυπόω in Justinian (in Koumanoudes, Λεξεις ἀθησαυρος, under the word)).