Greek Word Study · Strong’s G3164
μάχομαι
machomai · “to quarrel”
Used 4 times across 4 books
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).†
[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).†
Where it appears
John1
Acts1
2 Timothy1
James1
In the text
John 6:52The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?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?2 Timothy 2:24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,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.
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