Brawler

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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]

1: Πάροινος (Strong'S #3943 — Adjective — paroninos — par'-oy-nos )

an adjective, lit., "tarrying at wine" (para, "at," oinos, "wine"), "given to wine,"  1—Timothy 3:3;  Titus 1:7 , AV, probably has the secondary sense, of the effects of wine-bibbing, viz., abusive brawling. Hence RV, "brawler." See Wine.

2: Ἄμαχος (Strong'S #269 — Adjective — amachos — am'-akh-os )

an adjective, lit., "not fighting" (a, negative, mache, "a fight"), came to denote, metaphorically, "not contentious,"  1—Timothy 3:3;  Titus 3:2 , RV, for AV, "not a brawler," "not brawlers." See Contentious.

King James Dictionary [2]

BRAWL'ER, n. A noisy fellow a wrangler.

Webster's Dictionary [3]

(n.) One that brawls; wrangler.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [4]

brôl´ẽr ( Ḳerē מדינים , midhyānı̄m  ; Kethibh מדונים , midhwānı̄m , "quarrelsomeness"; ἄμαχος , ámachos , "not fighting"): Spoken of the quarrelsome woman; "a contentious (the King James Version "brawling") woman" ( Proverbs 21:9 ). He who seeks the office of a bishop should be "no brawler" (πάροινος , pároinos the King James Version "given to wine,"  Titus 1:7 ); "not contentious" (the King James Version "not a brawler,"  1 Timothy 3:3;  Titus 3:2 ).

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