Gloss: love of dispute
Transliteration: philoneikia
Strong’s: G5379
φιλονεικία, -ας, ἡ
(φιλόνεικος), [in LXX: 2Ma.4:4, 4Ma.1:26 4Mac 8:26 * ;]
love of strife, rivalry, emulation (Plat., al.), but mostly in bad sense (Thuc., al.), contentiousness, contention: Luk.22:24 (but see Field, Notes, 75 f.).†
(AS)
(φιλόνεικος), [in LXX: 2Ma.4:4, 4Ma.1:26 4Mac 8:26 * ;]
love of strife, rivalry, emulation (Plat., al.), but mostly in bad sense (Thuc., al.), contentiousness, contention: Luk.22:24 (but see Field, Notes, 75 f.).†
(AS)