KJV dictionary & concordance
Past-tense, participial, or adjectival form of contend. Sense 1: To strive against or oppose, whether in battle, dispute, or judgment. Sense 2: To strive earnestly for or in support of a person or cause.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Nehemiah 13:11
Complete exact-word concordance
Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
1611 marginal noteHeb. standing.
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
Then I contended with the Nobles of Iudah, and sayd vnto them, What euill thing is this that ye doe, and profane the Sabbath day?
And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certeine of them, and pluckt off their haire, and made them sweare by God, saying, Yee shall not giue your daughters vnto their sonnes, nor take their daughters vnto your sonnes, or for your selues.
1611 marginal noteOr, reuiled them.
If I did despise the cause of my manservant or of my maidservant, when they contended with me;
If I did despise the cause of my man-seruant, or of my mayd-seruant, when they contended with me:
Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
Thou shalt seeke them, and shalt not find them, euen them that contended with thee: they that warre against thee shalbe as nothing, and as a thing of nought.
1611 marginal noteHeb. the men of thy contention.
1611 marginal noteHeb. the men of thy warre.
And when Peter was come up to Jerusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
And when Peter was come vp to Hierusalem, they that were of the circumcision contended with him,
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Historical English dictionary sources
Urged in argument or debate; disputed; contested.
