Greek noun (feminine) · G2052
ἐριθεία
eritheiaer-ith-i'-ah
rivalry
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: eritheía
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G2052is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 5 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G2052
properly, intrigue, i.e. (by implication) faction
The King James renders it: contention(-ious), strife.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
eritheia is rendered "rivalry". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across five books.
- Two of the uses stand in James, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Romans 2:8But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
Romans 2:8ἐριθείας
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's six uses are in James.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- self-interest4
- contentions2
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐριθείαν2
- ἐριθεία1
- ἐριθείαι1
- ἐριθεῖαι1
- ἐριθείας1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine singular2N-ASF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural2N-NPF
- noun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singular1N-GSF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine singular1N-NSF
Romans
one use
But for those who are self-seeking and who reject the truth and follow wickedness, there will be wrath and anger.
- ἐριθείαςeritheiasnoun · genitive (“of”) · feminine singulartagged: self-interest
2 Corinthians
one use
For I am afraid that when I come, I may not find you as I wish, and you may not find me as you wish. I fear that there may be quarreling, jealousy, rage, rivalry, slander, gossip, arrogance, and disorder.
- ἐριθείαιeritheiainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: contentions
Galatians
one use
idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions,
- ἐριθεῖαιeritheiainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: contentions
Philippians
one use
Do nothing out of selfish ambition or empty pride, but in humility consider others more important than yourselves.
- ἐριθείανeritheiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: self-interest
James
two uses
But if you harbor bitter jealousy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast in it or deny the truth.
- ἐριθείανeritheiannoun · accusative (object) · feminine singulartagged: self-interest
For where jealousy and selfish ambition exist, there will be disorder and every evil practice.
- ἐριθείαeritheianoun · nominative (subject) · feminine singulartagged: self-interest
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.