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ἐριθεία

Rivalry

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ἐριθεία G2052
Pronunciation eritheía

What does ἐριθεία (eritheía) mean in the Bible?

ἐριθεία (eritheía) is a Greek word meaning "rivalry". ἐριθία (T, cl. Distinguishes sinful motive from faithful proclamation.

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Meaning

rivalry
Extended definition

Self-seeking ambition that divides community through factious rivalry rather than honest competition

(T, cl., -εία), -ας, ἡ, [in Sm.: Eze.23:11 * ;] (on the origin and history of the word, see Hort, Ja., 81 fly.; Ellic. on Gal.5:20; Cremer, 262) ambition, self-seeking, rivalry: Jas.3:14, 16; κατ᾽ ἐριθίαν, Php.2:3; οἱ ἐξ ἐ., Rom.2:8, Php.1:17; pl. (Bl., § 32, 6; WM, 220; Swete, Mk., 153), 2Co.12:20, Gal.5:20.

Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
Why This Word Matters
Distinguishes sinful motive from faithful proclamation. James 3:13–18
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Plural · Feminine 2 Cor 12:20 · Gal 5:20 2×
Nominative · Singular · Feminine Jas 3:16 1×
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Rom 2:8 · Phil 1:17 2×
Accusative · Singular · Feminine Phil 2:3 · Jas 3:14 2×
7 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Biblical Occurrences

Each occurrence shows the passage reference, the original language term as it appears in that context, its transliteration, and the contextual sense.

Additional Occurrences
James 3:13–18 ἐριθεία eritheía
selfish ambition
New Testament Witnesses
Philippians 1:12–18a ἐριθεία eritheía
selfish ambition
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Philippians 1 — Gospel Partnership and Joyful Witness in Christ Philippians 2 — The Mind of Christ and the Humility of Gospel Witness

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

Sources

MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0

Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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