ΦΙΛΟΝΕΙΚΙΑΣ, φιλονεικιας
PHILONEIKIAS, philoneikias
Sounds Like: fee-loh-nee-KEE-as
Translations: of strife, of contention, of rivalry, of dispute, of ambition, of a love of contention
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΝΕΙΚΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a contentious spirit, a love of argument or dispute, or a desire to be first or superior. It describes a state of rivalry or contention, often implying a quarrelsome or ambitious disposition. It is used to describe situations where people are in conflict or are striving against each other.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Feminine
Strong’s number: G5379 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 3:1
Josephus' Against Apion
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book One — 24:16
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 49:254
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 2 Maccabees — 4:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΝΕΙΚΙΑ.
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.
- ΦΙΛΟΝΕΙΚΙΑΙ — strifes, contentions, rivalries, disputes
- ΦΙΛΟΝΕΙΚΙΑΝ — strife, contention, rivalry, a dispute, a quarrel
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