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Contends (6 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Contends (6 Occurrences). ... Or will you defend his cause?
Whoever contends for him shall be put to death by morning. ...
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James (40 Occurrences)
... "Justification by works," which James contends for, is justification before man,
the justification of our profession of faith by a consistent life. ...
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Contending (9 Occurrences)

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Content (30 Occurrences)

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Orion (3 Occurrences)
... under the figure of an impious giant bound upon the sky." This giant was, according
to tradition, Nimrod, the type of the folly that contends against God. ...
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Jarib (3 Occurrences)
... ja'-rib, jar'-ib (yaribh, "he contends," or "takes (our) part," or "conducts (our)
case"): (1) In 1 Chronicles 4:24, a "son" (clan) of Simeon = "Jachin" of ...
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Jo'ash (44 Occurrences)
... you contend for Ba'al? Or will you defend his cause? Whoever contends for
him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let ...
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Jehoiarib (2 Occurrences)
... je-hoi'-a-rib (yehoyaribh, "Yahweh pleads" or "contends"): A priest in Jerusalem
(1 Chronicles 9:10); the name occurs again in 1 Chronicles 24:7 as the name of ...
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Joiarib (5 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. JOIARIB. joi'-a-rib (yoyaribh, "Yahweh pleads"
or "contends"; compare JEHOIARIB): (1) A "teacher" of Ezra's time (Ezra 8:16). ...
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Weapon (21 Occurrences)
... sword, etc. 2. (n.) Fig.: The means or instrument with which one contends
against another; as, argument was his only weapon. 3. (n ...
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Bible Concordance
Contends (6 Occurrences)

1 Corinthians 9:25 But every one that contends for a prize is temperate in all things: they then indeed that they may receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.
(DBY)

Judges 6:31 But Jo'ash said to all who were arrayed against him, "Will you contend for Ba'al? Or will you defend his cause? Whoever contends for him shall be put to death by morning. If he is a god, let him contend for himself, because his altar has been pulled down."
(DBY RSV)

Isaiah 49:25 But thus says Yahweh, "Even the captives of the mighty shall be taken away, and the prey of the terrible shall be delivered; for I will contend with him who contends with you, and I will save your children.
(WEB NAS)

Isaiah 51:22 This is the word of the Lord your master, even your God who takes up the cause of his people: See, I have taken out of your hand the cup which overcomes, even the cup of my wrath; it will not again be given to you:
(See NAS)

Jeremiah 15:10 Wo to me, my mother, For thou hast borne me a man of strife, And a man of contention to all the land, I have not lent on usury, Nor have they lent on usury to me -- All of them are reviling me.
(See NIV)

Daniel 10:21 but I declare to thee that which is noted down in the Writing of Truth, and there is not one strengthening himself with me, concerning these, except Michael your head.
(See RSV)

Greek
1129. gumnasia -- exercise
... This ancient (and current) philosophy contends the discipline of the body is one
of life's concerns and special physical exercises as necessary for spiritual ...
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Strong's Hebrew
3402. Yarib -- "He contends," an Israelite name
... 3401, 3402. Yarib. 3403 . "He contends," an Israelite name. Transliteration:
Yarib Phonetic Spelling: (yaw-rebe') Short Definition: Jarib. ...
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3080. Yehoyarib -- "the LORD contends," two Israelites, also a ...
... "the LORD contends," two Israelites, also a priestly family. Transliteration: Yehoyarib
Phonetic Spelling: (yeh-ho-yaw-reeb') Short Definition: Joiarib. ...
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3401. yarib -- opponent, adversary
... Word Origin from rib Definition opponent, adversary NASB Word Usage contend (1),
one who contends (1), opponents (1). that contends, that strive , adversary. ...
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7378. rib -- to strive, contend
... root Definition to strive, contend NASB Word Usage argue (2), complain (2), contend
(22), contended (9), contends (1), dispute (1), ever strive (1), filed (1 ...
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Library

Paul, Whence So Called; Bravely Contends for Grace.
... A Treatise on the spirit and the letter, Chapter 12."Paul, Whence So Called;
Bravely Contends for Grace. Accordingly Paul, who ...
/.../augustine/anti-pelagian writings/chapter 12 paul whence so called.htm

He Contends that These Testimonies Already Alleged Cannot be ...
... Against Heresies: Book V Chapter XXXV."He contends that these testimonies already
alleged cannot be understood allegorically of celestial blessings, but that ...
/.../irenaeus/against heresies/chapter xxxv he contends that these.htm

Those in Phrygia.
... Gibbon contends that not the city, but only the church with the people in it was
burned; and so Fletcher, the translator of Lactantius in the Ante-Nicene ...
/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter xi those in phrygia.htm

Faith an Assurance and a Proof.
... James contends against the earliest phases of Antinomianism. He reconciles faith
and morality, and maintains that the highest morality springs out of faith. ...
/.../chapter x faith an assurance.htm

He Deplores his Wretchedness, that Having Been Born Thirty-Two ...
... Licentius there maintains that the "bare search" for truth renders a man happy,
while Trygetius contends that the "finding alone" can produce happiness. ...
/.../the confessions and letters of st/chapter vii he deplores his wretchedness.htm

Charity and Loneliness.
... A lady writes to me, only the other day, of her husband, saying that he sympathises
with outside work, but contends that there is everything one wants in the ...
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Hebrews vii. 14-Nov
... However he does not even yet enter on the matters themselves, but first contends
on the ground of the priesthood, and the tabernacle. ...
/.../homily xiii hebrews vii 14-nov.htm

Natural Evil, or Suffering, and Especially the Suffering of ...
... If there be a divine constitution, as Dr. Dick contends there is, which justifies
the imputation of moral evil, with all its frightful consequences, both ...
/.../a theodicy or vindication of the divine glory/chapter ii natural evil or.htm

Elucidations.
... He left a book, De Justitia, in which he contends for what he represents
as Plato's idea of a community of women in sexual relations. ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/clement/the stromata or miscellanies/elucidations 3.htm

Which are the Better, the Continent, or those who Delight in ...
... Gregorion. Manifestly he who wrestles. Euboulios. And, in wrestling, is not the
athlete who contends the more experienced? Gregorion. It must be granted. ...
/.../chapter iii which are the better.htm

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