KJV dictionary & concordance
Disagreement, opposition, conflict, contention, discord, or a state of being set against another.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Matthew 10:35
Complete exact-word concordance
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, and the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
For I am come to set a man at variance against his father, & the daughter against her mother, and the daughter in law against her mother in law.
1611 marginal noteMic. 7.6.
Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
Idolatrie, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies,
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Historical English dictionary sources
Difference that produces dispute or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord.
