Logomachéō — G3054
G3054 · Greek — λογομαχέω
Pronunciation: log-om-akh-eh'-o
Definition
verb
to be disputatious (on trifles)
- contextually, to wrangle about empty and trifling matters
Usually translated as
strive about words
Origin
from a compound of G3056 and G3164
Occurrences
Logomachéō occurs 1 time in the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: 2 Timothy (1)
- 2 Timothy 2:14 — Of these things put them in remembrance, charging them before the Lord that they strive not about words (λογομαχεῖν) to no profit, but to the subverting of the hearers.
Strong's Lexicon — L