Strong's Number 2052

Transliteration:
eritheia {er-ith-i'-ah}
Word Origin:
perhaps as the same as 2042
TDNT:
2:660,256
Part of Speech:
noun feminine
Usage in the KJV:
strife 5, contention 1, contentious 1537 1

Total: 7
Definition:
  1. electioneering or intriguing for office
    1. apparently, in the NT a courting distinction, a desire to put one's self forward, a partisan and fractious spirit which does not disdain low arts
    2. partisanship, fractiousness
This word is found before NT times only in Aristotle where it denotes a self-seeking pursuit of political office by unfair means. (A&G) Paul exhorts to be one in the mind of Christ not putting self forward or being selfish (Phil 2:3). James 3:14 speaks against having selfishness or self-promoting in your heart. Wayne Steury