ΦΙΛΟΝΕΙΚΟΙΣ, φιλονεικοις
PHILONEIKOIS, philoneikois
Sounds Like: fee-loh-NEE-koys
Translations: contentious, quarrelsome, disputatious
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΝΕΙΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone who is fond of strife or argument, prone to quarreling, or eager to contend. It characterizes a person who is argumentative or disputatious by nature. It can be used to describe individuals or groups.
Inflection: Plural, Dative, Masculine, Feminine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G5356 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Against Apion
- Book One — 21:160
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΝΕΙΚΟΣ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΦΙΛΟΝΕΙΚΟΙ — contentious, quarrelsome, a contentious person, a quarrelsome person
- ΦΙΛΟΝΕΙΚΟΝ — contentious, quarrelsome, fond of strife, a contentious thing, a quarrelsome person
- ΦΙΛΟΝΕΙΚΟΣ — contentious, quarrelsome, fond of strife, disputatious
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