μάχομαι

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μάχομαι

Greek transliteration

machomai

Simplified transliteration

machomai

Principal Parts

(ἐμαχόμην), -, -, -, -, -

Strong's number

3164

GK Number

3481

Frequency in New Testament

Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag

v-1b(2)

Gloss

to fight, quarrel, argue

Definition

to fight; to quarrel, Acts 7:26; 2 Tim. 2:24; to contend, dispute, Jn. 6:52; Jas. 4:2*

John 6:52	Then the Jews began to argue (emachonto \| ἐμάχοντο \| imperf mid ind 3 pl) with one another, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”
Acts 7:26	On the following day he appeared to them as they were quarreling (machomenois \| μαχομένοις \| pres mid ptcp dat pl masc) and tried to reconcile them to be at peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you hurting one another?’
2 Timothy 2:24	But it is necessary that a servant of the Lord not be quarrelsome (machesthai \| μάχεσθαι \| pres mid inf ) but be gentle to all, skilled in teaching, patient even in the midst of evil,
James 4:2	You desire and do not have; you murder and envy and cannot obtain; you fight (machesthe \| μάχεσθε \| pres mid ind 2 pl) and quarrel. You do not have because you do not ask.

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