Strong G3859παραδιατριβή

contention

Transliteration
paradiatribē
Pronunciation
par-ad-ee-at-ree-bay'
Morphology
Greek Noun (Feminine)

Definition

From a compound of G3844 and G1304; misemployment that is meddlesomeness: - perverse disputing.

Detailed definition

παρα-δια-τριβή, -ῆς, ἡ
useless wrangling: seel. in Rec. for διαπαρατριβή (which see), 1Ti.6:5.†
δια-παρα-τριβή, -ῆς, ἡ
(παρατριβή, friction, irritation)
mutual irritation (Field, Notes, 211), wrangling: 1Ti.6:5 (Rec. παραδιατριβή).†
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In the Bible

Strong G3859 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • disputings1

First verses

  1. 1 Timothy 6:5
    Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
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Related words

Detailed Greek dictionary
Related to: διατρῐβή, ἡ,
wearing away, especially of Time, way or manner of spending, χρόνου τε διατριβὰς.. ἐφηῦρε.. πεσσοὺς κύβους τε pastimes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Fragmenta” 479.2: hence, _absolutely_,)]
1 pastime, amusement, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 923, 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 219.4, etc.; ἐν συνουσίᾳ τινὶ καὶ δ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.71; γέλωτα καὶ δ. παρέχειν τινί 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.175, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Timoleon” 11; τοῦ συμποσίου δ. 2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 185; παρέσχε τοῖς κωμικοῖς δ.)]materiem jocandi, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Pericles” 4, compare 4th c.AD: Julianus Imperator “Orationes” 2.52b)]; place of amusement, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus 481.10, 3rd c.BC: Bato Comicus 2.4.)]
2 serious occupation, study, etc., τοὺς ἐν φιλοσοφίᾳ καὶ τῇ τοιᾷδε δ. τεθραμμένους [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Theaetetus” 172c; διατριβὰς ποιεῖσθαι περί τι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 16.11, compare 4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 11.37; πρός τι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 2.38; ἐπί τινι 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ranae” 1498; ἡ δ. τὰ πολλὰ ἐν λόγοις 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Lysis” 204a.)]
2.b discourse, τὰς ἐμὰς δ. καὶ τοὺς λόγους [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Ap.” 37d, compare “Grg.” 484e, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 12.19, etc.; αἱ πολιτικαὶ δ. 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 10.15.)]
2.c short ethical treatise or lecture, δ. βραχέος διανοήματος ἠθικοῦ ἔκτασις [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Hermogenes Rhetor “περὶ μεθόδου δεινότητος” 5, compare 10th c.AD: Suidas Legal icographus: title of works by Zeno, Cleanthes, etc.)]
2.d school of philosophy, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 5.211d, +others, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Alex.” 5; Μωυσοῦ καὶ Χριστοῦ 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 8.579; Ἐπικούρου δ. 2nd c.AD: Numenius Apamensis Platonicus cited in 4th c.AD: Eusebius Caesariensis Scriptor Ecclesiasticus “Praeparatio Evangelica” 14.5)]; also, a place of teaching, school, ἡ ἐν τῷ κήπῳ δ. [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Epicurus Philosophus “Fragmenta” 217, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Philosophus “Academicorum Index” p.39 M., 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Nigr.” 25, 2nd c.AD: Athenaeus Epigrammaticus 8.350b.)]
3 way of life, passing of time, δ. ἐν ἀγορᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 1055; δ. νέων ἐν δικαστηρίοις 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 4.32)]; ἡ ἐν Σικελίᾳ δ. stay there, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Epistulae” 337e)]; ποιεῖσθαι ἐν τῷ ὑγρῷ τὴν δ., ἐν τῇ γῇ, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Historia Animalium” 487a20, “Resp.” 474b26; διατριβὰς μετ᾽ ἀλλήλων διατρίβειν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.147.)]
4 place of resort, haunt, τὰς ἐν Λυκείῳ δ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthyphro” 2a; ᾖα ἐπὶ τὰς συνήθεις δ. [prev. author] “Chrm.” 153a.)]
II in bad sense, waste of time, loss of time, delay, with or without χρόνου, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 751, etc.; δ. ποιεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 4.164: _plural_, δ. καὶ μελλήσεις 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.82)]; χρόνου δ. ἐμποιεῖν, παρέχειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 3.38, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Oeconomicus” 8.13, etc.; ἐμβαλεῖν 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Nicias” 20)]; διατριβὴν ποτῷ ποιεῖν prolong a carouse, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Alexander Rhetor 226.4.)]
III Rhet., occasion for dwelling on a subject, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1418a27 (_plural_).)]
IV continuance, permanence, [Refs ([prev. author] “Mete.” 374a12.)]
V obscene meaning, ={συνουσία}, [Refs 6th c.AD+ (6th c.AD: Procopius Caesariensis Historicus “Historia Arcana” 2.)]