Strong’s G3948 · Greek
παροξυσμός
paroxysmós · par-ox-oos-mos'
Origin from παροξύνω (G3947) ("paroxysm");
Meaning incitement (to good), or dispute (in anger)
In the King James Version contention, provoke unto.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Acts 15:39And the contention was so sharp between them, that they departed asunder one from the other: and so Barnabas took Mark, and sailed unto Cyprus;
- Hebrews 10:24And let us consider one another to provoke unto love and to good works:
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.