Strong's Lexicon
G3164 — μάχομαι
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G3164 |
|---|---|
| Word: | μάχομαι |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | middle voice of an apparently primary verb |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 4 |
| Transliteration: | machomai |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | makh'-om-ai |
| Meaning: | 1. to war 2. (figuratively) to quarrel, dispute |
| KJV Renderings: | fight, strive |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
μάχομαι; imperfect 3 person plural Ἐμάχοντο; (allied with μάχαιρα; Curtius, § 459; Vanicek, p. 687; from Homer down); to fight: properly, of armed combatants, or those who engage in a hand-to-hand struggle, Act 7:26; tropically, of those who engage in a war of words, to quarrel, wrangle, dispute: 2Ti 2:24; πρός ἀλλήλους, Joh 6:52 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 5; Buttmann, § 133, 8); of those who contend at law for property and privileges, Jas 4:2. (Compare: διαμάχομαι. Synonym: see πόλεμος, b.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
μάχομαι (fight)
John 6:52
- KJV: The Jews therefore strove among themselves saying How can this man give us flesh to eat
- GK: εμάχοντο ούν προς αλλήλους οι Ιουδαίοι λέγοντες πως δύναται ούτος ημίν δούναι την σάρκα φαγείν
Acts 7:26
- KJV: And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove and would have set them at one again saying Sirs ye are brethren why do ye wrong one to another
- GK: τη τε επιούση ημέρα ώφθη αυτοίς μαχομένοις και συνήλασεν αυτούς εις ειρήνην ειπών άνδρες αδελφοί εστε υμείς ινατί αδικείτε αλλήλους
2 Timothy 2:24
- KJV: And the servant of the Lord must not strive but be gentle unto all apt to teach patient
- GK: δούλον δε κυρίου ου δει μάχεσθαι αλλ΄ ήτιον είναι προς πάντας διδακτικόν ανεξίκακον
James 4:2
- KJV: Ye lust and have not ye kill and desire to have and cannot obtain ye fight and war yet ye have not because ye ask not
- GK: επιθυμείτε και ουκ έχετε φονεύετε και ζηλούτε και ου δύνασθε επιτυχείν μάχεσθε και πολεμείτε ουκ έχετε διά το μη αιτείσθαι υμάς