G5380

φιλόνεικος

philoneikosG:A

dispute-loving

φιλό-νεικος, -ον (νεῖκος, strife) [in LXX: Eze.3:7 (חָזָק ־מֵצַח)* ;] fond of strife, contentious: 1Co.11:16.† (AS)

The KJV translates G5380 in the following manner:

contentious (2x)

Full Thayer's lexicon entry

φιλόνεικος — philóneikos

φιλόνεικος, φιλονεικον (φίλος, and νεῖκος strife), fond of strife, contentious: 1Co 11:16. (Pindar, Plato, Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch, others; in a good sense, emulous, Xenophon, Plato, Plutarch, others.)

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