Strong G5380φιλόνεικος
dispute-loving
- Transliteration
- philoneikos
- Pronunciation
- fil-on'-i-kos
- Morphology
- Greek Adjective
Definition
Detailed definition
φιλό-νεικος, -ον
(νεῖκος, strife) [in LXX: Eze.3:7 (חָזָק ־מֵצַח)*;]
fond of strife, contentious: 1Co.11:16.†
(AS)
(νεῖκος, strife) [in LXX: Eze.3:7 (חָזָק ־מֵצַח)*;]
fond of strife, contentious: 1Co.11:16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G5380 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- contentious1
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 11:16But if any man seem to be contentious, we have no such custom, neither the churches of God.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
φῐλόνῑκ-ος, ον,
fond of victory, contentious.
1 in bad sense, οὔτε δύσηρις ἐὼν οὔτ᾽ ὦν φ. ἄγαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.19 (-νεικ- codices vett.))]; φ. ἐστι πρὸς ὃ ἂν ὁρμήσῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 336e)]; coupled with φιλότιμος, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 545a, 582e (variant{-νεικ-}), compare 550b)]; ἐπίπονον καὶ φ. καὶ φιλότιμον.. καταστήσας τὸν βίον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.16.)]
2 in good sense, of spirited horses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 9.8 (_superlative_))]: of persons, φ. πρὸς τὸ μὴ ἐλλείπεσθαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Mem.” 2.6.5, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agesilaus” 2 (_superlative_))]; τὸ φ., ={φιλονικία, ἔσῳζον τὸ φ. ἐν ταῖς ψυχαῖς} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.64.)] adverb -κως in eager rivalry, παραθεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Cyn.” 6.16; φ. ἔχειν πρὸς ἀλλήλους [prev. author] “Cyr.” 3.3.57, 8.4.4; φ. ἔχειν πρὸς τὸ εἰδέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 505e)]; opposed to ἀνθρωπίνως, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 3.41. (In codices the forms φιλόνικος, -νικέω, -νικία and φιλόνεικος, -νεικέω, -νεικία)] occur, without any distinction of meaning, e.g. in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator we find περὶ τῶν καλλίστων ἐφιλονίκησαν 4.85, but τὰς θεὰς περὶ τοῦ κάλλους φιλονεικούσας 10.48; μὴ δύσερις ὢν.., μηδὲ πρὸς πάντας φιλόνικος 1.31; τῆς πρὸς ἡμᾶς φιλονικίας 4.19, but φιλονεικία in the same sense, 12.158)]; φιλόνῑκος is implied by [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1389a12 (where -νεικ-, though found in good codices, as also in 1363b1, 1368b21, 1370b33, “Phgn.” 809b35, must be _falsa lectio_), καὶ φιλότιμοι μέν εἰσι [οἱ νέοι], μᾶλλον δὲ φιλόνικοι· ὑπεροχῆς γὰρ ἐπιθυμεῖ ἡ νεότης· ἡ δὲ νίκη ὑπεροχή τις,compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.178, “Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 315)]; the compound of φιλο- and νεῖκος would be Φιλονεική; the sense
A contentious arises naturally from fond of victory; in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“SIG” 685 (see. φιλονικία entry near the end) we have φιλονικίαν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12, 36, and φιλονικίᾳ in “OGI” 335.7 (Pergam., decree of Pitane, 2nd c.BC))]; -νῑκ- is also found in late documents, as [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“POxy.” 157.1 (6th c.AD).))]
fond of victory, contentious.
1 in bad sense, οὔτε δύσηρις ἐὼν οὔτ᾽ ὦν φ. ἄγαν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 6.19 (-νεικ- codices vett.))]; φ. ἐστι πρὸς ὃ ἂν ὁρμήσῃ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Protagoras” 336e)]; coupled with φιλότιμος, [Refs ([prev. author] “R.” 545a, 582e (variant{-νεικ-}), compare 550b)]; ἐπίπονον καὶ φ. καὶ φιλότιμον.. καταστήσας τὸν βίον [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.16.)]
2 in good sense, of spirited horses, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 9.8 (_superlative_))]: of persons, φ. πρὸς τὸ μὴ ἐλλείπεσθαι [Refs 1st c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Mem.” 2.6.5, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agesilaus” 2 (_superlative_))]; τὸ φ., ={φιλονικία, ἔσῳζον τὸ φ. ἐν ταῖς ψυχαῖς} [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.64.)] adverb -κως in eager rivalry, παραθεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Cyn.” 6.16; φ. ἔχειν πρὸς ἀλλήλους [prev. author] “Cyr.” 3.3.57, 8.4.4; φ. ἔχειν πρὸς τὸ εἰδέναι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 505e)]; opposed to ἀνθρωπίνως, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator “Epistulae” 3.41. (In codices the forms φιλόνικος, -νικέω, -νικία and φιλόνεικος, -νεικέω, -νεικία)] occur, without any distinction of meaning, e.g. in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator we find περὶ τῶν καλλίστων ἐφιλονίκησαν 4.85, but τὰς θεὰς περὶ τοῦ κάλλους φιλονεικούσας 10.48; μὴ δύσερις ὢν.., μηδὲ πρὸς πάντας φιλόνικος 1.31; τῆς πρὸς ἡμᾶς φιλονικίας 4.19, but φιλονεικία in the same sense, 12.158)]; φιλόνῑκος is implied by [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1389a12 (where -νεικ-, though found in good codices, as also in 1363b1, 1368b21, 1370b33, “Phgn.” 809b35, must be _falsa lectio_), καὶ φιλότιμοι μέν εἰσι [οἱ νέοι], μᾶλλον δὲ φιλόνικοι· ὑπεροχῆς γὰρ ἐπιθυμεῖ ἡ νεότης· ἡ δὲ νίκη ὑπεροχή τις,compare 2nd c.AD(?): Pollianus Epigrammaticus 1.178, “Anecdota Graeca - Bekker” 315)]; the compound of φιλο- and νεῖκος would be Φιλονεική; the sense
A contentious arises naturally from fond of victory; in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (“SIG” 685 (see. φιλονικία entry near the end) we have φιλονικίαν 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 12, 36, and φιλονικίᾳ in “OGI” 335.7 (Pergam., decree of Pitane, 2nd c.BC))]; -νῑκ- is also found in late documents, as [Refs 6th c.AD+ (“POxy.” 157.1 (6th c.AD).))]