International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Quarrel

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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia: Quarrel


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kwor´-el: Originally (1) “a complaint” (compare “querulous”), or (2) “a cause of complaint,” and so (3) “a contention.” (1) In the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) “set herself”; the colloquial “had it in for him” is an exact translation) and (μομφή, momphḗ, “complaint”; so the Revised Version (British and American)). (2) In (אנה, 'ānāh, “be opportune,” the Revised Version margin “an occasion”). (3) In the King James Version (loose translation of נקם, nāḳām, “vengeance”; so the Revised Version (British and American)). Compare Sirach 31:29 the King James Version (the Revised Version (British and American) “conflict”) and the Revised Version (British and American) (the King James Version, “meddling”).