Eris ἔρις

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Eris
ἔρις
Transliterationeris
Strong's numberG2054
LanguageGreek
Part of speechfeminine noun
Glossquarrel
Occurrences9 in 9 verses
Most frequent inRomans (2)

Eris (Greek ἔρις, Strong's G2054) is a Greek feminine noun meaning “quarrel”. It occurs 9 times in 9 verses of the New Testament.

Definition

ἔρις, -ιδος accusative, ἔριν (on the declension, see B1., § 8, 3; WH, App., 157), ἡ,
[in LXX: Psa.139:20, Sir.28:11 40:5, 9 * ;]
strife, wrangling, contention: Rom.1:29 13:13, 1Co.3:3, 2Co.12:20, Gal.5:20, Php.1:15, 1Ti.6:4, Tit.3:9; pl. (see: ἐριθία), Rom.13:13, WH, mg., 1Co.1:11, Ga, l.with, WH, mg.†
(AS)

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVstrife (4), contentions (2), debate (1), debates (1), variance (1)
BSBstrife (2), dissension (2), quarrels (1), quarreling (1), discord (1), rivalry (1), arguments (1)

Verses

Every verse with Eris, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Romans

1 Corinthians

2 Corinthians

Galatians

Philippians

1 Timothy

Titus

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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