Dictionaries :: Brawler

International Standard Bible Encyclopaedia

Brawler:

brol'-er (Qere midhyanim; Kethibh midhwanim, "quarrelsomeness"; amachos, "not fighting"): Spoken of the quarrelsome woman; "a contentious (the King James Version "brawling") woman" (Pr 21:9). He who seeks the office of a bishop should be "no brawler" (paroinos the King James Version "given to wine," Tit 1:7); "not contentious" (the King James Version "not a brawler," 1Ti 3:3; Tit 3:2).

King James Dictionary

Brawler: One Who Is Inclined to Fight.

A bishop then must be blameless, the husband of one wife, vigilant, sober, of good behaviour, given to hospitality, apt to teach; not given to wine, no striker, not greedy of filthy lucre; but patient, not a BRAWLER, not covetous. (1 Timothy 3:2-3)

Vine's Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words

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.

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.