noun · feminine

logomachias

Greekλογομαχία (logomachia)

Strong’sG3055

contention about words

stem logomachi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

disputes about words1×

What it means

*† λογομαχία, -ας, ἡ

(< λογομαχέω),

a strife of words: pl., I Ti 6:4.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G3055 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidlog-om-akh-ee'-ah

disputation about trifles ("logomachy")

Fromfrom the same as G3054;

King Jamesstrife of words.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	logomachias	logomachiais
object accusative	logomachian	logomachiain1×λογομαχίας
direct address vocative	logomachiar	logomachiair
of, belonging to genitive	logomachiau	logomachiaiu
to, for dative	logomachia	logomachiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

logomachistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

logomachia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

logomachiain“disputes about words”objectaccusative plural1×

1 Timothy 6:4“disputes about words”tufitē, mēdenem episterōtos, alla nosarōtos peri zētēsiain kai logomachiain, ek haiu ginetō fthonos, eras, blasfēmiais, huponoiais ponērais,he is conceited and understands nothing. Instead, he has an unhealthy interest in controversies and disputes about words, out of which come envy, strife, abusive talk, evil suspicions,