Luke 22:24:4Luke.22.24.W4TAB
φιλονεικία
philoneikia
“a dispute”
- Transliteration
- phi-lo-nei-KI-a
- Extended
- pʰih-loh-nei-KIH-ah
- IPA
- /pʰi.lo.neiˈki.a/
Meaning by language
- English
- a dispute
Greek · tap a syllable to hear it
Alphabet Analysis
| Phi | ph — as in phone (f) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Lambda | l — as in law | |
| Omicron | o — as in omit (short) | |
| Nu | n — as in new | |
| Epsilon | e — as in met (short) | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Kappa | k — as in kite | |
| Iota | i — as in machine | |
| Alpha | ah — as in father |
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The word
Word in context
- word
phi-lo-nei-KI-a
- sentence
e-GE-ne-to de KAI phi-lo-nei-KI-a en au-TOIS to TIS au-TÔN do-KEI EI-nai MEI-dzōn
Exegesis
The noun philoneikia {φιλονεικία | philoneikía} ‘rivalry, dispute’ stands in the nominative as the subject, and its placement immediately after the conjunctions highlights the emergence of conflict as the key point.
Root and etymology
philos + neikosphi–iota–lambda–omicron–sigma; nu–epsilon–iota–kappa–omicron–sigma
“love of strife, rivalry”
In context — Luke 22:24
And there also came about a rivalry among them concerning which of them seemed to be the greatest .
About this coordinate
Luke 22:24:4 is a BCV:P reference — Book · Chapter · Verse · Word Position. It addresses word 4 of Luke 22:24, so the Greek word φιλονεικία (philoneikia) can be cited, linked and studied at exactly this position rather than somewhere in the verse. In the Biblical Knowledge Coordinate System the same position is written Luke.22.24.W4, which extends further down to each syllable (Luke.22.24.W4.S1) and character.