Strong's Lexicon philoneikos: Quarrelsome, contentious, fond of strife Original Word: φιλονείκος NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom philos and neikos (strife) Definition fond of strife NASB Translation contentious (1). 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.) Strong's Exhaustive 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 Forms and Transliterations φιλόνεικοι φιλονεικος φιλόνεικος philoneikos philóneikosLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts |