2052 eritheia {er-ith-i'-ah}
perhaps as the same as 2042; TDNT - 2:660,256; n f
AV - strife 5, contention 1, contentious + 1537 1; 7
1) electioneering or intriguing for office
1a) apparently, in the NT a courting distinction, a desire to put
one's self forward, a partisan and fractious spirit which does
not disdain low arts
1b) partisanship, fractiousness