- Original: φιλόνεικος - Transliteration: Philoneikos - Phonetic: fil-on'-i-kos - Definition: 1. fond of strife, contentious a. in a good sense, emulous - Origin: from G5384 and neikos (a quarrel, probably akin to G3534 ) - TDNT entry: None - Part(s) of speech: Adjective - Strong's: From G5384 and νεῖκος neikos (a quarrel; probably akin to G3534 ); fond of strife that is disputatious: - contentious. Total KJV Occurrences: 1 • contentious, 1 1 Corinthians 11:16