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ΦΙΛΟΝΙΚΟΥΝΤΑΣ, φιλονικουντας
PHILONIKOUNTAS, philonikountas
Sounds Like: fee-loh-nee-KOON-tas
Translations: disputing, contending, quarreling, striving for victory, being contentious
From the root: ΦΙΛΟΝΙΚΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb (Participle)
Explanation: This word describes the action of disputing, contending, or quarreling. It implies a strong desire to win an argument or a contest, often leading to contentiousness. It is used to describe someone who is actively engaged in a verbal or ideological struggle, aiming to prevail.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Masculine, Accusative, Plural
Strong’s number: G5380 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Proverbs — 10:12
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΦΙΛΟΝΙΚΕΩ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΣΦΙΛΟΝΙΚΗΣΑΝ — they contended, they disputed, they strove, they argued, they were contentious
- ΦΙΛΟΝΙΚΕΙΝ — to love contention, to be contentious, to be fond of strife, to dispute, to quarrel
- ΦΙΛΟΝΙΚΕΩ — to be contentious, to be quarrelsome, to love contention, to dispute
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