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ἔρις

Lemmaἔρις
Citation formἔρις, ιδος, ἡ
Part of speechnoun
Glosscontention, strife
Strong’sG2054
Transliterationéris
Definitiona quarrel, i.e. (by implication) wrangling
KJV glosses:--contention, debate, strife, variance.
Derivationof uncertain affinity
SBLGNT occurrences9

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
ἔρεις
noun, accusative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----APF-) — Titus 3:9
ἔριδες
noun, nominative, plural, feminine (MorphGNT ----NPF-) — 1 Corinthians 1:11
ἔριδι
noun, dative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----DSF-) — Romans 13:13
ἔριδος
noun, genitive, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----GSF-) — Romans 1:29
ἔριν
noun, accusative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----ASF-) — Philippians 1:15
ἔρις
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 1 Corinthians 3:3
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 2 Corinthians 12:20
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — Galatians 5:20
noun, nominative, singular, feminine (MorphGNT ----NSF-) — 1 Timothy 6:4

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: ερις.

Additional Greek lexicons

Compare the biblical entry for ἔρις with classical and later Greek dictionaries collected by Logeion.