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G3054 λογομαχέω (logomachéō)
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Quick Definition

λογομαχέω v. I contend about words

Strong's Definition

from a compound of 3056 and 3164; to be disputatious (on trifles)

KJV Usage: strive about words

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb | λέγω + μάχομαι

33.454 · Communication · Argue, Quarrel

to quarrel about words, arguing about words to argue or quarrel about the meaning or use of words

2TI 2:14

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

λογομαχέω, -@; (fr. Aoyoudyos, and this fr. λόγος and μάχομαι); to contend about words; contextually, to wrangle about empty and trifling matters: 2 Tim. ii. 14. (Not found in prof. auth.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

λογομαχέω logomacheō 1x

to contend about words; by impl. to dispute about trivial things, 2 Tim. 2:14*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

*† λογομαχέω, -ῶ

(< λόγος, μάχομαι),

to strive with words: II Ti 2:14.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

λογομαχέω (logomacheō) — to quarrel. λογο-μᾰχέω, fight about words, [NT]

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