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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 Box Gen 13:7

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 13:7 - And there was strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s livestock and the herdsmen of Lot’s livestock. Now the Canaanites and the Perizzites were living in the land at that time.

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So Abram said to Lot, “Please let there be no strife between you and me, nor between my herdsmen and your herdsmen, for we are relatives!

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 4:13 - about forty thousand equipped for war, crossed for battle before the LORD to the desert plains of Jericho.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - ‘Now then, are you any better than Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he ever contend with Israel, or did he ever fight against them?

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“You have also saved me from the contentions of my people;

You have kept me as head of the nations;

A people I have not known serve me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 38:23 -

Which I have reserved for a time of distress,

For a day of war and battle?

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:18 -

A hot-tempered person stirs up strife,

But the slow to anger calms a dispute.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:1 -

Better is a dry morsel and quietness with it

Than a house full of [fn]feasting with strife.

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The beginning of strife is like letting out water,

So abandon the quarrel before it breaks out.

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One who loves wrongdoing loves strife;

One who makes his doorway high seeks destruction.

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Do not go out hastily to [fn]argue your case;

[fn]Otherwise, what will you do in [fn]the end,

When your neighbor humiliates you?

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Or one who hears it will put you to shame,

And the evil report about you will not [fn]pass away.

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For lack of wood the fire goes out,

And where there is no gossiper, quarreling quiets down.

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Like charcoal to hot embers and wood to fire,

So is a contentious person to kindle strife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:32 -

If you have been foolish in exalting yourself,

Or if you have plotted evil, put your hand on your mouth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:33 -

For the [fn]churning of milk produces butter,

And pressing the nose produces blood;

So the [fn]churning of anger produces strife.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 58:4 -

“Behold, you fast for contention and strife, and to strike with a wicked fist.

You do not fast like you have done today to make your voice heard on high!

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