KJV dictionary & concordance
To contend, struggle, labour earnestly, or exert oneself toward an object.
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First occurrence: Genesis 6:3
Complete exact-word concordance
And the Lord said, My spirit shall not always strive with man, for that he also is flesh: yet his days shall be an hundred and twenty years.
And the LORD said, My Spirit shall not alwayes striue with man; for that hee also is flesh: yet his dayes shalbe an hundred and twenty yeeres.
And the herdmen of Gerar did strive with Isaac’s herdmen, saying, The water is ours: and he called the name of the well Esek; because they strove with him.
And the heardmen of Gerar did striue with Isaacs heardmen, saying, The water is ours; and hee called the name of the well, Esek, because they stroue with him.
1611 marginal noteThat is, Contention.
¶ And if men strive together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
¶ And if men striue together, and one smite another with a stone, or with his fist, and he die not, but keepeth his bed:
1611 marginal noteOr his neighbour.
¶ If men strive, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischief follow: he shall be surely punished, according as the woman’s husband will lay upon him; and he shall pay as the judges determine.
¶ If men striue, and hurt a woman with child, so that her fruit depart from her, and yet no mischiefe follow, he shalbe surely punished, according as the womans husband will lay vpon him, and hee shall pay as the Iudges determine.
¶ When men strive together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth near for to deliver her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth forth her hand, and taketh him by the secrets:
¶ When men striue together one with another, and the wife of the one draweth neere, for to deliuer her husband out of the hand of him that smiteth him, and putteth foorth her hand and taketh him by the secrets:
¶ And of Levi he said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou didst prove at Massah, and with whom thou didst strive at the waters of Meribah;
¶ And of Leui hee said, Let thy Thummim and thy Urim be with thy holy one, whom thou diddest prooue at Massah, & with whom thou didst striue at the waters of Meribah:
1611 marginal noteExod. 28.30.
And now art thou any thing better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? did he ever strive against Israel, or did he ever fight against them,
And now, art thou any thing better then Balak the sonne of Zippor king of Moab? Did hee euer striue against Israel, or did hee euer fight against them,
1611 marginal noteNum. 22.2. deut. 23.4. iosh. 24.9.
Why dost thou strive against him? for he giveth not account of any of his matters.
Why doest thou striue against him? for he giueth not account of any of his matters.
1611 marginal noteHeb. hee answereth not.
PLEAD my cause, O Lord, with them that strive with me: fight against them that fight against me.
¶ Plead my cause (O LORD) with them that striue with mee: fight against them that fight against me.
¶ strive not with a man without cause, if he have done thee no harm.
¶ Striue not with a man without cause, if hee haue done thee no harme.
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