King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G5380
Transliteration: philoneikos
Phonetic Spelling: (fil-on'-i-kos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: fond of strife
Meaning: fond of strife
φιλόνεικος, φιλονεικον (φίλος, and νεῖκος strife), fond of strife, contentious: 1 Corinthians 11:16. (Pindar, Plato, Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch, others; in a good sense, emulous, Xenophon, Plato, Plutarch, others.)
Word Summary
philoneikos: fond of strife
Original Word: φιλόνεικοςTransliteration: philoneikos
Phonetic Spelling: (fil-on'-i-kos)
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: fond of strife
Meaning: fond of strife
Strong's Concordance
contentious. From philos and neikos (a quarrel; probably akin to nikos); fond of strife, i.e. Disputatious -- contentious.
see GREEK philos
see GREEK nikos
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 5380: φιλόνεικοςφιλόνεικος, φιλονεικον (φίλος, and νεῖκος strife), fond of strife, contentious: 1 Corinthians 11:16. (Pindar, Plato, Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch, others; in a good sense, emulous, Xenophon, Plato, Plutarch, others.)