Strong's Greek: 3055. λογομαχία (logomachia) -- a strife of words

Strong's Concordance

logomachia: a strife of words

Original Word: λογομαχία, ας, ἡ
Part of Speech: Noun, Feminine
Transliteration: logomachia
Phonetic Spelling: (log-om-akh-ee'-ah)
Short Definition: contention about words
Definition: contention about words, an unprofitable controversy.

Thayer's Greek Lexicon

STRONGS NT 3055: λογομαχία

λογομαχία, λογομαχίας, ἡ (λογομαχέω), dispute about words, war of words, or about trivial and empty things: plural 1 Timothy 6:4. (Not found in secular authors.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

a dispute about words

From the same as logomacheo; disputation about trifles ("logomachy") -- strife of words.

see GREEK logomacheo

Forms and Transliterations

λογομαχιας λογομαχίας logomachias logomachías

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