Quick Definition
I contend,dispute
Strong's Definition
to wrangle
Derivation: from G2054 (ἔρις);
KJV Usage: strive
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐρίζω: (future ἐρίσω, cf. Buttmann, 37 (32)); (ἔρις); to wrangle, engage in strife (Latinrixari): Mat_12:19, where by the phrase οὐκ ἐρίσει the Evangelist seems to describe the calm temper of Jesus in contrast with the vehemence of the Jewish doctors wrangling together about tenets and practices. ((From Homer down.))
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐρίζω erizō 1x
to quarrel; to wrangle; to use the harsh tone of a wrangler or brawler, to grate, Mat_12:19
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐρίζω
( < ἔρις ),
[in LXX for H4784 , etc.;]
to wrangle, strive: Mat_12:19 ( LXX , κεκράζεται ).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐρίζω [page 254]
P Leid W v. 36 (ii/iii A.D.) ἤρισεν αὐτῷ ὁ πρότερος λέγων , ἐγὼ τούτου ἰσχυρότερός εἰμι . BGU IV. 1043 .5 (iii/A.D.) ὥστε ἔτι μοι ἐρίζις .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
ἐρίζω [Etym: ἔρις] "to strive, wrangle, quarrel", τινί "with" one, Hom. , attic; πρός τινα Hdt. , Plat. "to rival, vie with, be a match for", τινί Hom. :—c. acc. rei, "to contend with" one "in" a thing, id=Hom. ;—also, c. dat. rei, Od. , attic absol. "to engage in a contest, keep the contest up", Il. Hom. sometimes uses the Mid., like the Act.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
ἐρίζω
(ἔρις), [in LXX for מָרָה, etc. ;]
to wrangle, strive: Mat.12:19 (LXX, κεκράζεται).†
(AS)