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Concordances
Nave Topical Bible
• Contentment
• Contention
Thompson Chain Reference
• Contentment
• Contention
• Content-Discontent
The Topic Concordance
• Contentment
• Contention
Torrey Topical Textbook
• Contentment
Dictionaries
Charles Buck Dictionary
• Contentment
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Contentment
Spurgeon's Illustration Collection
• Contentment
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Contentment
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Contentment
Hastings' NT Dictionary
• John, Gospel of (II. Contents)
King James Dictionary
• Contentment
• Contention
• Contented
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Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Contention, Contentious
• Content, Contentment
Webster Dictionary
• Contents
• Contentment
• Contently
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Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Help Contents
• Help Talk Contents
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Contend; Contention
• Content; Contentment
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Contentment
Lexicons
• ܚܶܪܝܳܢܳܐ
• ܡܰܨܽܘܬ݂ܳܐ
• ἀγών
• ἀρκέω
• αὐτάρκεια
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• אָבָה
• יָאַל
• מָדוֹן
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(1):

(n.) Vehemence of endeavor; eagerness; ardor; zeal.

(2):

(n.) A violent effort or struggle to obtain, or to resist, something; contest; strife.

(3):

(n.) Strife in words; controversy; altercation; quarrel; dispute; as, a bone of contention.

(4):

(n.) A point maintained in an argument, or a line of argument taken in its support; the subject matter of discussion or strife; a position taken or contended for.