1 | Strong's Number: g3943 | Greek: paroinos |
Brawler:
an adjective, lit., "tarrying at wine" (para, "at," oinos, "wine"), "given to wine," 1Ti 3:3; Tts 1:7, AV, probably has the secondary sense, of the effects of wine-bibbing, viz., abusive brawling. Hence RV, "brawler."
See WINE.
2 | Strong's Number: g269 | Greek: amachos |
Brawler:
an adjective, lit., "not fighting" (a, negative, mache, "a fight"), came to denote, metaphorically, "not contentious," 1Ti 3:3; Tts 3:2, RV, for AV, "not a brawler," "not brawlers."
See CONTENTIOUS.
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