Lexical 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.) |
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