Quick Definition
φιλονεικία, ας, ἡ n.f. love of dispute, contention
Strong's Definition
from 5380; quarrelsomeness, i.e. a dispute
KJV Usage: strife
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | φιλέω + νεικέω
33.449 · Communication · Argue, Quarrel
desire to quarrel, readiness to argue, to want to argue, quarrelsomeness readiness or desire to argue or quarrel
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
φιλονεικία, -as, ἡ, (φιλόνεικος, q. V-), love of strife, eagerness to contend, (Plat., Plut., Leian., al.; 4 Mace. i. 26); contention: Lk. xxii. 24. (2 Mace. iv. 4; Thue. 8, 763 Joseph. antt. 7, 8, 4; Antonin. 3, 4; in a good sense, emulation, Xen., Plat., Dem., Plut., al.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
φιλονεικία philoneikia 1x
a love of contention; rivalry, contention, Lk. 22:24*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** φιλονεικία, -ας, ἡ
(< φιλόνεικος), [in LXX: II Mac 4:4, IV Mac 1:26 8:26 * ;]
love of strife, rivalry, emulation (Plat., al.), but mostly in bad sense (Thuc., al.), contentiousness, contention: Lk 22:24 (but v. Field, Notes, 75 f.).†
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
φιλονεικία (philoneikia) — love of dispute. φῐλονῑκ-ία, ἡ, love of victory, rivalry, contentiousness, mostly in bad sense, φ. ἕνεκα τῆς αὐτίκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; εἰς τοσοῦτον φιλονικίας ἐλθεῖν πρὸς τὴν πόλιν, ὥστε.. [NT+5th c.BC+]
2. in good sense, competition, emulation, emulous eagerness, ἔστω τούτων.. κατὰ νόμον ἅμιλλά τε καὶ φ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; φιλονικίας ἐμποιεῖν περὶ τῶν καλῶν ἔργων[Refs]; especially in the games, πολλὴ φ. ἐγίγνετο [Refs 5th c.BC+] —On the form φιλονεικία, see at {φιλόνικος} near the end