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G3055 λογομαχία (logomachía)
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Quick Definition

λογομαχία, ας, ἡ n.f. contention about words

Strong's Definition

from the same as 3054; disputation about trifles ("logomachy")

KJV Usage: strife of words

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, f. | -ας | λέγω + μάχομαι

33.454 · Communication · Argue, Quarrel

quarreling about words, arguing about words arguing or quarreling about the meaning or use of words

1TI 6:4

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

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

λογομαχία, -as, ἡ, (Aoyopayew), dispute about words, war of words, or about trivial and empty things: plur. 1 Tim. vi. 4. (Not found in prof. auth.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

λογομαχία logomachia 1x

contention or strife about words; by impl. a dispute about trivial things, unprofitable controversy, 1 Tim. 6:4*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

*† λογομαχία, -ας, ἡ

(< λογομαχέω),

a strife of words: pl., I Ti 6:4.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

λογομαχία (logomachia) — quarrel. λογο-μᾰχία, ἡ, war about words, disputation, [NT+3rd c.AD+]; title of Menippean satire by Varro, Nonius [Refs]

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