Lexicon
λογομαχία
logomachia
G3055
G:N-F Greek

quarrel

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Logomachia denotes disputes centered on words, portrayed as producing harmful conflict.

The lone attestation places the term among an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes over words, followed by a list of destructive outcomes.

Senses in use

  1. Disputes over words with harmful outcomes · dominant

    In 1 Timothy 6:4, the accusative plural form occurs within an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes over words; the APB then renders the following results as “envy, strife, blasphemies, evil suspicions.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: In 1 Timothy 6:4, the APB presents the surrounding clause as “controversies and quarrels about words.” Its precise English correspondence to the term cannot be isolated with certainty.

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