Machomai μάχομαι
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| μάχομαι | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | machomai |
| Strong's number | G3164 |
| Language | Greek |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to quarrel |
| Occurrences | 4 in 4 verses |
| Most frequent in | John (1) |
Machomai (Greek μάχομαι, Strong's G3164) is a Greek verb meaning “to quarrel”. It occurs 4 times in 4 verses of the New Testament.
Definition
μάχομαι
[in LXX chiefly for רִיב, also for נָצָה ni., etc. ;]
1. to fight: Act.7:26.
2. to quarrel, dispute: 2Ti.2:24, Jas.4:2; πρὸς ἀλλήλους, Jhn.6:52 (cf. δια-μάχομαι).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for רִיב, also for נָצָה ni., etc. ;]
1. to fight: Act.7:26.
2. to quarrel, dispute: 2Ti.2:24, Jas.4:2; πρὸς ἀλλήλους, Jhn.6:52 (cf. δια-μάχομαι).†
(AS)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Greek (based on Abbott-Smith), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | strove (2), strive (1), fight (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | began to argue (1), were fighting (1), be quarrelsome (1), you quarrel (1) |
Topics
Verses
Every verse with Machomai, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
John
- John 6:52The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”
Acts
- Acts 7:26And 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?The next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
2 Timothy
- 2 Timothy 2:24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.
James
- James 4:2Ye 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.You crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).