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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Greek - English Dictionary

G5380 - Contentious

Strong's No.:G5380

Greek:φιλόνεικος

Transliteration:philoneikos

Phonetic:fil-on'-i-kos

Word Origin:From G5384 and νεῖκος neikos (a quarrel

Bible Usage:contentious.

Part of Speech:Adjective

Strongs
Definition:

probably akin to G3534); fond of strife that is disputatious


Thayers
Definition:

1. fond of strife, contentious

a. in a good sense, emulous


Bible References:
Contentious

Translation
Occurrences:
contentious ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.