3054. logomacheó
Lexicon
logomacheó: To argue about words, to wrangle over words

Original Word: λογομαχέω
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: logomacheó
Pronunciation: lo-go-ma-KHEH-o
Phonetic Spelling: (log-om-akh-eh'-o)
KJV: strive about words
NASB: wrangle about words
Word Origin: [from a compound of G3056 (λόγος - word) and G3164 (μάχομαι - argue)]

1. to be disputatious (on trifles)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
to dispute about words

From a compound of logos and machomai; to be disputatious (on trifles) -- strive about words.

see GREEK logos

see GREEK machomai

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from logos and machomai
Definition
to strive with words
NASB Translation
wrangle about words (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 3054: λογομαχέω

λογομαχέω, λογομάχω; (from λγομαχος, and this from λόγος and μάχομαι); to contend about words; contextually, to wrangle about empty and trifling matters: 2 Timothy 2:14. (Not found in secular authors.)

Forms and Transliterations
λογομαχειν λογομαχείν λογομαχεῖν logomachein logomacheîn
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Englishman's Concordance
2 Timothy 2:14 V-PNA
GRK: θεοῦ μὴ λογομαχεῖν ἐπ' οὐδὲν
NAS: of God not to wrangle about words, which is useless
KJV: that they strive not about words to no
INT: God not to dispute about words for nothing

Strong's Greek 3054
1 Occurrence


λογομαχεῖν — 1 Occ.

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