Dictionary entry

φιλονεικία

G. Abbott-Smith's A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament with Strong's

** 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.).†