ΦΙΛΟΝΕΙΚΟΝ, φιλονεικον
PHILONEIKON, philoneikon
Sounds Like: fee-loh-NAY-kon
Translations: contentious, quarrelsome, fond of strife, a contentious thing, a quarrelsome person
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΝΕΙΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Adjective
Explanation: This word describes someone or something that is contentious, quarrelsome, or fond of strife. It is a compound word derived from 'φίλος' (philos), meaning 'friend' or 'fond of', and 'νεῖκος' (neikos), meaning 'strife' or 'quarrel'. Thus, it literally means 'fond of strife'. It can be used to describe a person's character or an action that is characterized by dispute and contention.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative or Vocative, Neuter
Strong’s number: G5380 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
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
- ΦΙΛΟΝΕΙΚΟΙΣ — contentious, quarrelsome, disputatious
- ΦΙΛΟΝΕΙΚΟΣ — contentious, quarrelsome, fond of strife, disputatious
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