Controversy
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Controversy

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Controversy (21 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Quarrel; strife; cause of variance; difference. 3. (n.) A suit in law or
equity; a question of right. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. CONTROVERSY. ...
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Job (60 Occurrences)
... 1, 2). (2.) The controversy and its solution, in poetry (ch. 3-42:6). ... The
first course gives the commencement of the controversy (ch. ...
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Dispute (37 Occurrences)
... 6. (vi) Verbal controversy; contest by opposing argument or expression of opposing
views or claims; controversial discussion; altercation; debate. ...
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Indictment (4 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 25:31 A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Yahweh has a
controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as ...
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Controversies (6 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) Plural of Controversy. Multi-Version Concordance
Controversies (6 Occurrences). Acts 26:3 especially ...
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Gospels
... for forty years previously been used in estimating the structure and composition
of some of the literary products of antiquity; and the controversy excited by ...
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Nicolaitans (2 Occurrences)
... 3. Nicolaitan Controversy: The problem underlying the Nicolaitan controversy, though
so little direct mention is made of it in Scripture, was in reality most ...
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Umpire (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) A person to whose sole decision a controversy or question between parties
is referred; especially, one chosen to see that the rules of a game, as ...
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Disagreement (3 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Unsuitableness; unadaptedness. 3. (n.) Difference of opinion or sentiment.
4. (n.) A falling out, or controversy; difference. Multi-Version Concordance ...
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Difference (19 Occurrences)
... guilty? 2. (n.) Disagreement in opinion; dissension; controversy; quarrel;
hence, cause of dissension; matter in controversy. 3. (n ...
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Decisive (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Putting an end to controversy; final; conclusive;
having the power or quality of deciding a question or controversy. ...
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Bilhan (3 Occurrences)
... the New Testament). The word is indefinite, literally "the letter," and
determines nothing involved in controversy. (2) A question ...
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Bloodshed (43 Occurrences)
... a matter too hard for thee in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and
plea, and between stroke and stroke, even matters of controversy within thy ...
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Cases (16 Occurrences)
... a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and
plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your ...
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Assault (8 Occurrences)
... a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and
plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your ...
biblethesaurus.org/a/assault.htm - 11k

Apostles'
... was as resting on this creed that the church could be called "catholic and apostolic."
Of late the creed has been the subject of great controversy, and violent ...
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Keys (2 Occurrences)
... The thought connects itself immediately with Matthew 16:19, but it is hardly correct
to say that it originates there, for the controversy is one that grows out ...
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Accusation (25 Occurrences)
... Micah 6:2 Hear, you mountains, Yahweh's controversy, and you enduring foundations
of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with his people, and he will ...
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Buying (12 Occurrences)
... Doubtless, however, eastern buyers and sellers of old haggled over prices
with controversy and heat, even as such buyers do today. ...
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Enduring (25 Occurrences)
... Micah 6:2 Hear, you mountains, Yahweh's controversy, and you enduring foundations
of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with his people, and he will ...
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Lodging (24 Occurrences)
... Micah 6:2 Hear, you mountains, Yahweh's controversy, and you enduring foundations
of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with his people, and he will ...
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Power (862 Occurrences)
... The thought connects itself immediately with Matthew 16:19, but it is hardly correct
to say that it originates there, for the controversy is one that grows out ...
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Plead (64 Occurrences)
... ShaphaT means "judge," so its niphal means "bring oneself into a case to be judged,"
"enter into controversy with," and so "plead" in the legal sense. ...
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Galatians (2 Occurrences)
... 6:10) Law of the Spirit of Life 5. The Epilogue (Galatians 6:11-18) B) Salient Points
1. The Principles at Stake 2. Present Stage of the Controversy 3. Paul's ...
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Paul (207 Occurrences)
... They turn about the Judaizing controversy which furnishes the occasion for the
expansion of the doctrine of justification by faith in opposition to the ...
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Stephen (13 Occurrences)
... attributable to his Hellenic culture, were certainly not of Hellenistic origin,
for just their promulgation is what brought him into controversy with the ...
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Creed
... was as resting on this creed that the church could be called "catholic and apostolic."
Of late the creed has been the subject of great controversy, and violent ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/creed.htm - 43k

Rocks (48 Occurrences)
... Micah 6:2 Hear, O ye mountains, Jehovah's controversy, and ye enduring foundations
of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will ...
biblethesaurus.org/r/rocks.htm - 21k

Foundations (49 Occurrences)
... Micah 6:2 Hear, you mountains, Yahweh's controversy, and you enduring foundations
of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with his people, and he will ...
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Chronology
... The Sabbath controversy broke out in Galilee when the grain was still standing in
the fields (Matthew 12:1 Mark 2:23 Luke 6:1) and the condition of the grass ...
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Unchanging (91 Occurrences)
... Micah 6:2 Hear, ye mountains, Jehovah's controversy, and ye, unchanging foundations
of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will ...
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Contend (56 Occurrences)
... Micah 6:2 Hear, you mountains, Yahweh's controversy, and you enduring foundations
of the earth; for Yahweh has a controversy with his people, and he will ...
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Case (138 Occurrences)
... a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and
plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your ...
biblethesaurus.org/c/case.htm - 38k

Variance (1 Occurrence)
... 1. (n.) Change of condition; variation. 2. (n.) Difference that produce dispute
or controversy; disagreement; dissension; discord; dispute; quarrel. ...
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Vindicated (10 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 3:16 Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed
in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among ...
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Oppose (29 Occurrences)
... against the act. 7. (vi) To make objection or opposition in controversy.
Multi-Version Concordance Oppose (29 Occurrences). Luke 11 ...
biblethesaurus.org/o/oppose.htm - 15k

Opponent (13 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) One who opposes in a disputation, argument, or other verbal controversy;
specifically, one who attacks some theirs or proposition, in distinction from ...
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Justifying (9 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment,
and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and ...
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Justify (19 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment,
and the judges judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and ...
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Judge (297 Occurrences)
... opinion about. 9. (vt) To hear and determine by authority, as a case before
a court, or a controversy between two parties. 10. (vt ...
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Legal (13 Occurrences)
... a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and
plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your ...
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Lawsuits (4 Occurrences)
... a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and
plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your ...
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Lovingkindness (176 Occurrences)
... The want of it in the nation was a cause of Yahweh's controversy with them, eg Hosea
4:1, "There is no truth, nor goodness (checedh) (the King James Version ...
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Lawsuit (4 Occurrences)
... a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and
plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your ...
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Godliness (16 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 3:16 Without controversy, the mystery of godliness is great: God was revealed
in the flesh, justified in the spirit, seen by angels, preached among ...
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Weeks (17 Occurrences)
... SEVENTY WEEKS. The "seventy weeks" of the prophecy in Daniel 9:24-27 have
long been a subject of controversy in the critical schools. ...
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Issue (59 Occurrences)
... 9. (n.) A point in debate or controversy on which the parties take affirmative and
negative positions; a presentation of alternatives between which to choose ...
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Irreligious (7 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 6:20 O Timothy, guard the truths entrusted to you, shunning irreligious
and frivolous talk, and controversy with what is falsely called 'knowledge ...
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Incur (7 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 19:10 Whenever any controversy shall come to you from your brothers
who dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/incur.htm - 8k

Instruct (34 Occurrences)
... 2 Chronicles 19:10 Whenever any controversy shall come to you from your brothers
who dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment ...
biblethesaurus.org/i/instruct.htm - 16k

Fruitless (4 Occurrences)
... 2. (a.) Productive of no advantage or good effect; vain; idle; useless;
unprofitable; as, a fruitless attempt; a fruitless controversy. ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/fruitless.htm - 7k

Feet (2931 Occurrences)
... each other. Possibly the same pride had expressed itself on this same evening
in a controversy about places at table. Jesus, conscious ...
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Frivolous (4 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 6:20 O Timothy, guard the truths entrusted to you, shunning irreligious
and frivolous talk, and controversy with what is falsely called 'knowledge ...
biblethesaurus.org/f/frivolous.htm - 7k

Terminate (1 Occurrence)
... terminate a contract. 2. (vt) To put an end to; to make to cease; as, to
terminate an effort, or a controversy. 3. (vt) Hence, to ...
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Truths (15 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 6:20 O Timothy, guard the truths entrusted to you, shunning irreligious
and frivolous talk, and controversy with what is falsely called 'knowledge ...
biblethesaurus.org/t/truths.htm - 11k

Requiring (5 Occurrences)
... a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and
plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your ...
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Recompenses (3 Occurrences)
... arrogantly. (WEB NAS). Isaiah 34:8 For it is the day of Jehovah's vengeance,
the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion. (DBY WBS). ...
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Resound (8 Occurrences)
... Jeremiah 25:31 A noise shall come even to the end of the earth; for Yahweh has a
controversy with the nations; he will enter into judgment with all flesh: as ...
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Resort (14 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 25:1 If there be a controversy between men, and they resort to judgment,
and they judge their case; then they shall justify the righteous, and ...
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Recompences (2 Occurrences)
... Recompences (2 Occurrences). Isaiah 34:8 For it is the day of the LORD's vengeance,
and the year of recompences for the controversy of Zion. (KJV YLT). ...
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Exists (18 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 1:4 and the attention they bestow on mere fables and endless pedigrees,
such as lead to controversy rather than to a true stewardship for God, which ...
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Engage (20 Occurrences)
... 8. (vi) To embark in a business; to take a part; to employ or involve one's self;
to devote attention and effort; to enlist; as, to engage in controversy. ...
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Exaltation (9 Occurrences)
... The classic passage of Scripture, rich in suggestion, and the source of much
controversy in the development of Christian theology, is Philippians 2:5-11. ...
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Determine (13 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) To bring to a conclusion, as a question or controversy; to settle authoritative
or judicial sentence; to decide; as, the court has determined the cause ...
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Decision (174 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) The act of deciding; act of settling or terminating, as a controversy, by
giving judgment on the matter at issue; determination, as of a question or ...
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Difficulty (12 Occurrences)
... difficulties in theology. 3. (n.) A controversy; a falling out; a
disagreement; an objection; a cavil. 4. (n.) Embarrassment of ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/difficulty.htm - 10k

Difficult (31 Occurrences)
... a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and
plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/difficult.htm - 15k

Disputation (2 Occurrences)
... 1. (n.) A reasoning or argumentation in opposition to something, or on opposite
sides; controversy in words; verbal contest respecting the truth of some fact ...
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Determination (2 Occurrences)
... decision of character; resoluteness. 5. (n.) The state of decision; a judicial
decision, or ending of controversy. 6. (n.) That which ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/determination.htm - 8k

Debate (13 Occurrences)
... 6. (vt) Contention in words or arguments; discussion for the purpose of elucidating
truth or influencing action; strife in argument; controversy; as, the ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/debate.htm - 11k

Decided (54 Occurrences)
... Acts 15:2 Between these new comers and Paul and Barnabas there was no little
disagreement and controversy, until at last it was decided that Paul and Barnabas ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/decided.htm - 22k

Decide (33 Occurrences)
... 2. (vt) To bring to a termination, as a question, controversy, struggle, by giving
the victory to one side or party; to render judgment concerning; to determine ...
biblethesaurus.org/d/decide.htm - 17k

Matthew (5 Occurrences)
... destroy, but to fulfil.". As to the language in which this Gospel was written
there is much controversy. Many hold, in accordance ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/matthew.htm - 38k

Micah (54 Occurrences)
... 6-7, in which Jehovah is represented as holding a controversy with his people: the
whole concluding with a song of triumph at the great deliverance which the ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/micah.htm - 38k

Messenger (235 Occurrences)
... New Testament. 1. The Old Point of View: The ghost of the old Purist
controversy is now laid to rest for good and all. The story ...
biblethesaurus.org/m/messenger.htm - 101k

Position (189 Occurrences)
... 3. (n.) Hence: The ground which any one takes in an argument or controversy; the
point of view from which any one proceeds to a discussion; also, a principle ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/position.htm - 37k

Plea (35 Occurrences)
... a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and
plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/plea.htm - 16k

Pedigrees (3 Occurrences)
... 1 Timothy 1:4 and the attention they bestow on mere fables and endless pedigrees,
such as lead to controversy rather than to a true stewardship for God, which ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pedigrees.htm - 7k

Pisidia (2 Occurrences)
... 2. Pisidian Antioch: Much controversy has raged round the question whether
Antioch was in Phrygia or in Pisidia at the time of Paul. ...
biblethesaurus.org/p/pisidia.htm - 21k




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