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"That word" is an accurate translation of the word that BVOV Ministries translated "Argue" (translation taken from the Amplified Bible: Classic Edition, which translates it "Plead and Argue") in a Bible-study letter to their partners---a letter I share in the post linked below.

What I show here is 'the group of words' that give "that word" a place to connect to your vocabulary ... deeper sources that firm the foundation upon which our lexicon stands ...
The word “Contend” is built on ancient words that mean "to Stretch |Intensely (see Com-)."
Marlon Brando's lines from On the Waterfront (I thought it was
'what Mickey said about Rocky,' but ... not before
this, anyway)

Beside 'Contend, Plead & Argue,' the root of the Hebrew נִשָּׁפְטָ֖ה (niš·šā·p̄ə·ṭāh) also extends to words meaning Govern, Decide, Defend, |Deliver, Dispense, |Release, Hand down, have a |Controversy, Rule, |Vindicate.

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