εγενετο verb - second aorist middle deponent indicative - third person singular
ginomai ghin'-om-ahee: to cause to be (gen-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
δε conjunction
de deh: but, and, etc. -- also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English).
και conjunction
kai kahee: and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
φιλονεικια noun - nominative singular feminine
philoneikia fil-on-i-kee'-ah: quarrelsomeness, i.e. a dispute -- strife.
εν preposition
en en: in, at, (up-)on, by, etc.
αυτοις personal pronoun - dative plural masculine
autos ow-tos': the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
το definite article - nominative singular neuter
ho ho: the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) -- the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
τις interrogative pronoun - nominative singular masculine
tis tis: an interrogative pronoun, who, which or what (in direct or indirect questions) -- every man, how (much), + no(-ne, thing), what (manner, thing), where (-by, -fore, -of, -unto, -with, -withal), whether, which, who(-m, -se), why.
αυτων personal pronoun - genitive plural masculine
autos ow-tos': the reflexive pronoun self, used of the third person , and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
δοκει verb - present active indicative - third person singular
dokeo dok-eh'-o: to think; by implication, to seem (truthfully or uncertainly) -- be accounted, (of own) please(-ure), be of reputation, seem (good), suppose, think, trow.
ειναι verb - present infinitive
einai i'-nahee: to exist -- am, was. come, is, lust after, please well, there is, to be, was.
μειζων adjective - nominative singular masculine - comparative or contracted
meizon mide'-zone: larger (literally or figuratively, specially, in age) -- elder, greater(-est), more.
