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(
' 1$
, 841), “contentment, satisfaction with what one has,” is found
in 1 Tim. 6:6. For its other meaning “sufficiency,” in 2 Cor. 9:8, see
SUFFICIENCY
.¶
CONTENTION, CONTENTIOUS
A. Nouns.
1.
(
+$
, 2054), “strife, quarrel, especially rivalry, contention, wrangling,” as in
the church in Corinth, 1 Cor. 1:11, is translated “contentions in Titus 3:9,
KJV
. See
DEBATE
,
STRIFE
,
VARIANCE
.
2.
@$
(
$
, 3948), (Eng., “paroxysm”), lit., “a sharpening,” hence
“a sharpening of the feeling, or action” (
, “beside,” intensive,
@$
, “sharp”), denotes
an incitement, a sharp contention, Acts 15:39, the effect of irritation; elsewhere in Heb.
10:24, “provoke,” unto love. See
PROVOKE
.¶
3.
(
&
, 5379), lit., “love of strife” (
, “to love,”
,
“strife”), signifies “eagerness to contend”; hence, a “contention,” said of the disciples,
Luke 22:24. Cf. B, 2.¶
B. Adjectives.
1.
(
/
, 269), lit., “not fighting” ( , negative,
, “a fight, combat,
quarrel”), primarily signifying “invincible,” came to mean “not contentious,” 1 Tim. 3:3,
RV
; Titus 3:2 (
KJV
, “not a brawler,” “no brawlers”).¶
2.
(
, 5380), akin to A, No. 3, is used in 1 Cor. 11:16.¶ In the
Sept., Ezek. 3:7, “stubborn.”¶
Notes:
(1)
,
, “contention,”
KJV
, in Phil. 1:17, is translated “faction,” in the
RV
.
The phrase
@
, Rom. 2:8, lit., “those of strife,” is rendered “contentious,” in
the
KJV
;
RV
, factious. See
FACTIOUS
,
STRIFE
.
(2) For
, “a contest,” “contention,” 1 Thess. 2:2,
KJV
; conflict,
RV
, see
CONFLICT
.
CONTINENCY
$
(
#
$ "
, 1467), , “in,”
, “power, strength,” lit., “to
have power over oneself,” is rendered “(if) they have (not) continency” (i.e., are lacking
in self-control), in 1 Cor. 7:9,
RV
;
KJV
, “can (not) contain”; in 9:25, “is temperate.” See
TEMPERATE
.¶
CONTINUAL, CONTINUALLY (see also
CONTINUE
)
A. Adverbial Phrases.
1.
, lit., “unto (the) end,” signifies “continual,” in Luke 18:5, of the
importunate widow’s applications to the unrighteous judge; see also Matt. 10:22; 24:13;
Mark 13:13; John 13:1; 1 Thess. 2:16. Cf.
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, lit., “until the end,” 1 Cor. 1:8; 2
Cor. 1:13;¶
$
, ditto, Heb. 3:6, 14;¶
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, Heb. 6:11; Rev. 2:26.¶
2.
is used of a “period throughout or during which anything is done”; it is
said of the disciples’ “continuance” in the Temple after the ascension of Christ, Luke
24:53; of the regular entrance of the priests into the first tabernacle, Heb. 9:6,
RV
(
KJV
“always”); of the constant sacrifice of praise enjoined upon believers, Heb. 13:15. See