φιλονεικία
philoneikia
- love of dispute
- love of strife, rivalry, emulation
- contentiousness, contention
STEPBible TBESG
Glosses: love of dispute
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)
Abbott-Smith
Glosses: love of strife, rivalry, emulation; contentiousness, contention
love of strife, rivalry, emulation; contentiousness, contention