UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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ἐριθεία

MainId: 002068000000000

Version: 0

HasAramaic: False

InLXX: False

AlphaPos: ε

StrongCodes: G2052

BaseForms:

1. BaseFormID: 002068001000000

   PartsOfSpeech: noun, f.

   Inflections:

   1. Lemma: ἐριθεία

      BaseFormIndex: 1

      Realizations: -ας

   RelatedLemmas: {'Word': 'ἐρίζω', 'Meanings': []}

   LEXMeanings:

   1. LEXID: 002068001001000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: M

      LEXEntryCode: 88.167

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior

      LEXSubDomains: Resentful, Hold a Grudge Against

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-07-02 09:35:14

         DefinitionShort: a feeling of resentfulness based upon jealousy and implying rivalry

         Glosses: ['selfish ambition', 'rivalry', 'resentfulness']

         Comments: For another interpretation of ἐριθεία in {S:05000101700008}, see {D:39.7}.|The meaning of ‘rivalry’ may be expressed as ‘wanting to be better than someone else’ or ‘wanting to make people think they are better.’ The meaning of ‘selfish ambition’ may be rendered as ‘what they do is just to make themselves look bigger’ or ‘what they do is just for themselves.’

      LEXReferences: ROM 2:8, 2 COR 12:20, GAL 5:20, PHP 1:17, PHP 2:3, YAC 3:14, YAC 3:16

   2. LEXID: 002068001002000

      LEXIsBiblicalTerm: Y

      LEXEntryCode: 39.7

      LEXIndent: 0

      LEXDomains: Hostility, Strife

      LEXSubDomains: Opposition, Hostility

      LEXSenses:

      1. LanguageCode: en

         LastEdited: 2021-07-02 09:35:14

         DefinitionShort: a feeling of hostility or opposition

         Glosses: ['hostility', 'being against']

         Comments: It is also possible to understand {L:ἐριθεία} in {S:05000101700008} as meaning ‘selfish ambition’ or ‘rivalry’ (see {D:88.167}).

      LEXReferences: PHP 1:17, YAC 3:14, YAC 3:16