Lexical Summary paradiatribē: wrangling, constant arguing Original Word: παραδιατριβήTransliteration: paradiatribē Phonetic Spelling: (par-ad-ee-at-ree-bay') Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine Short Definition: wrangling, constant arguing Meaning: wrangling, constant arguing Strong's Concordance wrangling, constant arguingFrom a compound of para and diatribo; misemployment, i.e. Meddlesomeness -- perverse disputing. see GREEK para see GREEK diatribo Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3859: παραδιατριβήπαραδιατριβή, παραδιατριβης, ἡ, useless occupation, empty business, misemployment (see παρά, IV. 2): 1 Timothy 6:5 Rec. (cf. Winers Grammar, 102 (96)), see διαπαρατριβή. Not found elsewhere; (cf. παραδιατυπόω in Justinian (in Koumanoudes, Λεξεις ἀθησαυρος, under the word)). |