Lexicon :: Strong's G5379 - philoneikia

φιλονεικία
Transliteration
philoneikia (Key)
Pronunciation
fil-on-i-kee'-ah
Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s) TR
1x in 1 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

φιλονεικία philoneikía, fil-on-i-kee'-ah; from G5380; quarrelsomeness, i.e. a dispute:—strife.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G5379 in the following manner: strife (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G5379 in the following manner: strife (1x).

  1. love of strife, eagerness to contend

  2. contention

    1. in a good sense, emulation

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
φιλονεικία philoneikía, fil-on-i-kee'-ah; from G5380; quarrelsomeness, i.e. a dispute:—strife.
STRONGS G5379:
φιλονεικία, φιλονεικίας, ἡ (φιλόνεικος, which see), love of strife, eagerness to contend (Plato, Plutarch, Lucian, others; 4 Macc. 1:26); contention: Luke 22:24. (2 Macc. 4:4; Thucydides 8, 76; Josephus, Antiquities 7, 8, 4; Antoninus 3, 4; in a good sense, emulation, Xenophon, Plato, Demosthenes, Plutarch, others.)
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