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Koine Greek wordlink #59088

SR GNT Luke 22:24 φιλονικία (filonikia) ‘it became and also a contention among them that’ Strongs=53790 Lemma=filonikia^*
Word role=noun case=nominative gender=feminine number=singular
Year=33 AD

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Only use of identical word form φιλονικία (N-NFS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘φιλονικία’ (N-NFS) is always and only glossed as ‘a contention’.

Luke 22:24 ‘it became and also a contention among them that’ SR GNT Luke 22:24 word 4

OET-LV: 24 And it_ also _became a_contention among them, that which of _them is _supposing to _be the_greater. (LUK_22:24)

OET-RV: 24 and it soon turned into a dispute between them about which one of them was the greatest, (LUK 22:24)

^*Note: This is also the only occurrence of the word root (lemma) ‘filonikia’ in the Greek originals.

Key: N=noun NFS=nominative,feminine,singular