Forms of the word

Dictionary
φιλονεικία, ας, ἡ
Greek transliteration
philoneikia
Simplified transliteration
philoneikia

Numbers

Strong's number
5379
GK Number
5808

Statistics

Frequency in New Testament
1
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag
n-1a
Gloss
dispute, strife
Definition
a love of contention; rivalry, contention, Lk. 22:24*

Greek-English Concordance for φιλονεικία

Luke 22:24 A dispute (philoneikia | φιλονεικία | nom sg fem) also arose among them as to which of them seemed to be the greatest.

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