Strong's G5379: φιλονεικία (philoneikía) Meaning

Quick Definition

φιλονεικία, ας, ἡ n.f. love of dispute, contention

Strong's Definition

quarrelsomeness, i.e. a dispute

Derivation: from G5380 (φιλόνεικος);

KJV Usage: strife

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

φιλονεικία (G5379)

noun, f. | -ας | φιλέω + νεικέω

33.449 · Communication · Argue, Quarrel

desire to quarrel, readiness to argue, to want to argue, quarrelsomeness readiness or desire to argue or quarrel

LUK 22:24

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

φιλονεικία, -as, ἡ, (φιλόνεικος, q. V-), love of strife, eagerness to contend, (Plat., Plut., Leian., al.; 4 Mace. i. 26); contention: Lk. xxii. 24. (2 Mace. iv. 4; Thue. 8, 763 Joseph. antt. 7, 8, 4; Antonin. 3, 4; in a good sense, emulation, Xen., Plat., Dem., Plut., al.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

φιλονεικία philoneikia 1x

a love of contention; rivalry, contention, Lk. 22:24*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** φιλονεικία, -ας, ἡ

(< φιλόνεικος), [in LXX: II Mac 4:4, IV Mac 1:26 8:26 * ;]

love of strife, rivalry, emulation (Plat., al.), but mostly in bad sense (Thuc., al.), contentiousness, contention: Lk 22:24 (but v. Field, Notes, 75 f.).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

φιλον (ε )ικία [page 670] For Luk. 22:24, the only occurrence of this word in the NT, Field ( Notes , p. 75 f.) prefers the rendering emulation to strife (AV) or contention (RV), and this may be supported by the late P Oxy XVI. 1860 .7 (vi/vii A.D.) εἰ θέ ]λει ἡ ἀγαθὴ ἡμῶν ( l. ὑμῶν ) ϕ̣[ι ]λ̣[ο ]ν̣ε [ικία ] γνωρίσαι αὐτὴν τὸ περὶ τῆς [ἀ ]ληθείας , if your good ambition desires to ascertain for yourself the truth (Edd.). The thought of dispute is uppermost in such passages from the papyri as P Lond 992 .11 (A.D. 507) (= III. p. 253) πρὸ δίκης καὶ φιλονικείας ἔδοξεν ἡμῖν κτλ ., an agreement to submit certain matters at dispute to arbitration, P Oxy I. 1571 (vi/A.D.) ἐπιδὲ φιλονικία γέγονεν μεταξὺ Παπνουθίου τοῦ μονάζοντος καὶ τοῦ γραμματευς (= -τέως ) with reference to a dispute between a monk and a scribe, and from the inscrr. as Syll 929 (= .3 685) .36 (B.C. 139) διὰ τὸ ὑπερβαλλόν τως αὐτοὺς τὴν πρὸς ἀλλήλους φιλονικίαν ἐνεστάσθαι . This last ex. shows the correct spelling of the word φιλονικία , derived from φίλος and νίκη , victory, see Blass Gr. p. 8; cf. also Magn 105 .8 (B.C. 138). For the verb φιλονικέω cf. a fragment of Demosth. de Pace preserved in PSI II. 129 .14 (1V/A.D.)

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

φιλονεικία (philoneikia) — love of dispute. φῐλονῑκ-ία, ἡ, love of victory, rivalry, contentiousness, mostly in bad sense, φ. ἕνεκα τῆς αὐτίκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τοσοῦτον φιλονικίας ἐλθεῖν πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, ὥστε.. [NT+5th c.BC+]

2. in good sense, competition, emulation, emulous eagerness, ἔστω τούτων.. κατὰ νόμον ἅμιλλά τε καὶ φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φιλονικίας ἐμποιεῖν περὶ τῶν καλῶν ἔργων[Refs]; especially in the games, πολλὴ φ. ἐγίγνετο [Refs 5th c.BC+] —On the form φιλονεικία, see at {φιλόνικος} near the end

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon

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)

Bible Occurrences (1)

22:24

G5379 φιλονεικία (philoneikía)