KJV dictionary & concordance
To contend, struggle, labour earnestly, or exert oneself toward an object.
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Some verses contain the word more than once.
First occurrence: Genesis 6:3
Complete exact-word concordance
Go not forth hastily to strive, lest thou know not what to do in the end thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
Goe not forth hastily to striue, lest thou know not what to doe in the ende thereof, when thy neighbour hath put thee to shame.
Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish.
Behold, all they that were incensed against thee, shalbe ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing, and they that striue with thee, shall perish.
1611 marginal noteHeb. the men of thy strife.
1611 marginal noteExod. 23.22. Chap. 60.12. Zech.12.3.
Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy work, He hath no hands?
Woe vnto him that striueth with his maker: Let the potsheard striue with the potsheards of the earth: shal the clay say to him that fashioneth it, What makest thou? or thy worke, he hath no hands?
1611 marginal noteIer.18.6. rom.9.20.
Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
Yet let no man striue, nor reproue another: for this people are as they that striue with the priest.
He shall not strive, nor cry; neither shall any man hear his voice in the streets.
He shall not striue, nor cry, neither shall any man heare his voice in the streets.
¶ strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
¶ Striue to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say vnto you, will seeke to enter in, and shall not be able.
1611 marginal noteMat. 7.13.
Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Jesus Christ’s sake, and for the love of the Spirit, that ye strive together with me in your prayers to God for me;
Now I beseech you, brethren, for the Lord Iesus Christs sake, and for the loue of the Spirit, that ye striue together with me, in your praiers to God for me,
And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
And if a man also striue for masteries, yet is hee not crowned except hee striue lawfully.
Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord, that they striue not about words to no profite, but to the subuerting of the hearers.
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
And the seruant of the Lord must not striue: but bee gentle vnto all men, apt to teach, patient,
1611 marginal noteOr, forbearing.
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