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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - φιλόνεικος
φιλόνεικος
G5380
Transliteration: philóneikos
Pronunciation: fil-on'-i-kos
Definition: contentious
- Original: φιλόνεικος - Transliteration: Philoneikos - Phonetic: fil-on'-i-kos νεῖκος neikos (a quarrel; probably akin to G3534" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3534); fond of strife that is disputatious: - contentious.
- Definition:
1. fond of strife, contentious
a. in a good sense, emulous
- Origin: from G5384" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5384 and neikos (a quarrel, probably akin to G3534" class="dictionary-topic-link">G3534) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: From G5384" class="dictionary-topic-link">G5384 and