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Lexicon :: Strong's G3163 - machē

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μάχη
Transliteration
machē (Key)
Pronunciation
makh'-ay
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:527,573

Trench's Synonyms: lxxxvi. πόλεμος, μάχη.

Strong’s Definitions

μάχη máchē, makh'-ay; from G3164; a battle, i.e. (figuratively) controversy:—fighting, strive, striving.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G3163 in the following manner: fighting (2x), strife (1x), striving (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G3163 in the following manner: fighting (2x), strife (1x), striving (1x).

  1. a fight or combat

    1. of those in arms, a battle

    2. of persons at variance, disputants etc., strife, contention

    3. a quarrel

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μάχη máchē, makh'-ay; from G3164; a battle, i.e. (figuratively) controversy:—fighting, strive, striving.
STRONGS G3163:
μάχη, μάχης, ἡ (μάχομαι; from Homer down), the Sept. several times for רִיב, מָדון, etc.; a flight, combat;
1. of those in arms, a battle.
2. of persons at variance disputants, etc., strife, contention; a quarrel: 2 Corinthians 7:5; 2 Timothy 2:23; James 4:1; μάχαι νομικαι, contentions about the law, Titus 3:9.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

2 Corinthians
7:5
2 Timothy
2:23
Titus
3:9
James
4:1

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3163 matches the Greek μάχη (machē),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:7 - And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram's cattle, and the herdmen of Lot's cattle, and the Chananites and the Pherezites then inhabited the land.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:8 - And Abram said to Lot, Let there not be a strife between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen, for we are [fn]brethren.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:13 - Forty thousand [fn]armed for battle went over before the Lord to war, to the city of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - And now art thou any better than Balac son of Sepphor, king of Moab? Did he indeed fight with Israel, or indeed make war with him,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:44

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 22:44 - And thou shalt deliver me from the striving of the [fn]peoples, thou shalt keep me to be the head of the Gentiles: a people which I knew not served me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:23 - And is there a store of them, for thee against the time of thine enemies, for the day of wars and battle?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:18 - A passionate man stirs up strife; but he that is slow to anger appeases even a [fn]rising one.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:1 - Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, than a house full of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:14 - Rightful rule gives power to words; but sedition and strife precede poverty.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:19

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:19 - A lover of sin rejoices in strifes;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:8 - Get not suddenly into a quarrel, lest thou repent at last.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:10

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:10 - lest thy friend continue to reproach thee, so thy quarrel and enmity shall not depart, but shall be to thee like death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:20 - With much wood fire increases; but where there is not a double-minded man, strife ceases.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:21 - A hearth for coals, and wood for fire; and a railing man for the tumult of strife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:32

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:32 - If thou abandon thyself to mirth, and stretch forth thine hand in a quarrel, thou shalt be disgraced.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:33

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:33 - Milk out milk, and there shall be butter, and if thou wing one's nostrils there shall come out blood: so if thou extort words, there will come forth quarrels and strifes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:4

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:4 - If ye fast for quarrels and strifes, and smite the lowly with your fists, wherefore do ye fast to me as ye do this day, so that your voice may be heard in crying?
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