Lexicon
διαπαρατριβή
diaparatribē
G6856
Greek

useless disputation

1
Occurrences
1
Books
Greek
Language

Diaparatribe denotes disputations occurring among people described as corrupt in mind and deprived of truth.

The attested use denotes disputations within a setting of corrupt-minded people deprived of truth, who suppose that piety is a means of gain.

Senses in use

  1. Disputations among corrupt-minded people · dominant

    In 1 Timothy 6:5, the nominative plural feminine form occurs in the clause about people of corrupt mind and deprived of truth who suppose that piety is a means of gain; the APB renders the clause "and useless disputations among people of corrupt mind and deprived of the truth."

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Timothy 6:5 the APB presents the term within "useless disputations among people of corrupt mind and deprived of the truth." The precise English correspondence cannot be isolated beyond this clause.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture