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Strong's G5379 · Greek

φιλονεικία

philoneikia · fil-on-i-kee'-ah

from 5380; quarrelsomeness, i.e. a dispute


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

φιλονεικία (G5379)

1 ** φιλονεικία , -ας, ἡ ( φιλόνεικος ), [in LXX: II Mac 4:4 , IV Mac 1:26 8:26 * ;] love of strife, rivalry, emulation (Plat., al.), but mostly in bad sense (Thuc., al.), contentiousness, contention : Lk 22:24 (but v. Field, Notes , 75 f.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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