strife

Everyday

Strife is angry fighting, quarrelling or struggle between people or groups. tree →

In the lessons

family quarrels and wars in stories; peace comes after strife; a cottage is named after a great quarrel

Examples

• The two families lived in strife for years. tree →
• There was peace after the strife ended. tree →
• Strife came to the village when the brothers fought. tree →
• The king ended the strife between the tribes. tree →

Note

nothing for maths

In Jewish tradition

In Proverbs strife is a picture of what hatred and gossip stir up, and the casting of lots is said to put an end to it.

Interpretation. Abram ends the quarrel with Lot because they are family. Tradition praises him for putting peace before his own rights, and sees seeking peace as a core Jewish value. Proverbs teaches that love covers wrongs while hatred stirs strife, and the rabbis warn against gossip as a cause of quarrels.

Examples

• How can I myself alone bear your cumbrance, and your burden, and your strife? (Torah DEU.1.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle and the herdmen of Lot's cattle. (Torah GEN.13.7, JPS 1917) tree →
• And Abram said unto Lot: 'Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we are brethren. (Torah GEN.13.8, JPS 1917) tree →
• Hatred stirreth up strifes; but love covereth all transgressions. (Writings PRO.10.12, JPS 1917) tree →
• A froward man soweth strife; and a whisperer separateth familiar friends. (Writings PRO.16.28, JPS 1917) tree →
• The lot causeth strife to cease, and parteth asunder the contentious. (Writings PRO.18.18, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

nothing for maths