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Lexicon :: Strong's G3164 - machomai

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μάχομαι
Transliteration
machomai (Key)
Pronunciation
makh'-om-ahee
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Middle voice of an apparently root word
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 4:527,573

Strong’s Definitions

μάχομαι máchomai, makh'-om-ahee; middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to war, i.e. (figuratively) to quarrel, dispute:—fight, strive.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x

The KJV translates Strong's G3164 in the following manner: strive (3x), fight (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 4x
The KJV translates Strong's G3164 in the following manner: strive (3x), fight (1x).

  1. to fight

    1. of armed combatants, or those who engage in a hand to hand struggle

    2. of those who engage in a war of words, to quarrel, wrangle, dispute

    3. of those who contend at law for property and privileges

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
μάχομαι máchomai, makh'-om-ahee; middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to war, i.e. (figuratively) to quarrel, dispute:—fight, strive.
STRONGS G3164:
μάχομαι; imperfect 3 person plural Ἐμάχοντο; (allied with μάχαιρα; Curtius, § 459; Vanicek, p. 687; from Homer down); to fight: properly, of armed combatants, or those who engage in a hand-to-hand struggle, Acts 7:26; tropically, of those who engage in a war of words, to quarrel, wrangle, dispute: 2 Timothy 2:24; πρός ἀλλήλους, John 6:52 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 5; Buttmann, § 133, 8); of those who contend at law for property and privileges, James 4:2. (Compare: διαμάχομαι. Synonym: see πόλεμος, b.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

John
6:52
Acts
7:26
2 Timothy
2:24
James
4:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3164 matches the Greek μάχομαι (machomai),
which occurs 19 times in 19 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:20 - the herdsmen of Gerar quarreled with Isaac's herdsmen, saying, "The water belongs to us!" So Isaac named the well Esek because they argued with him about it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - Then he moved away from there and dug another well. They did not quarrel over it, so Isaac named it Rehoboth, saying, "For now the LORD has made room for us, and we will prosper in the land."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:36 - Jacob became angry and argued with Laban. "What did I do wrong?" he demanded of Laban. "What sin of mine prompted you to chase after me in hot pursuit?

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:22 - "If men fight and hit a pregnant woman and her child is born prematurely, but there is no serious injury, he will surely be punished in accordance with what the woman's husband demands of him, and he will pay what the court decides.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:10 - Now an Israelite woman's son whose father was an Egyptian went out among the Israelites, and the Israelite woman's son and an Israelite man had a fight in the camp.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:11 - If two men get into a hand-to-hand fight, and the wife of one of them gets involved to help her husband against his attacker, and she reaches out her hand and grabs his genitals,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:18 - The Israelites did not attack them because the leaders of the community had sworn an oath to them in the name of the LORD God of Israel. The whole community criticized the leaders,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 11:25

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25 - Are you really better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he dare to quarrel with Israel? Did he dare to fight with them?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6 - Your servant has two sons. When the two of them got into a fight in the field, there was no one present who could intervene. One of them struck the other and killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 3:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:23 - The Moabites said, "It's blood! The kings are totally destroyed! They have struck one another down! Now, Moab, seize the plunder!"

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 27:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:5 - He launched a military campaign against the king of the Ammonites and defeated them. That year the Ammonites paid him 100 talents of silver, 10,000 kors of wheat, and 10,000 kors of barley. The Ammonites also paid this same amount of annual tribute the next two years.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:7 - I considered these things carefully and then registered a complaint with the wealthy and the officials. I said to them, "Each one of you is seizing the collateral from your own countrymen!" Because of them I called for a great public assembly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:11 - So I registered a complaint with the leaders, asking "Why is the temple of God neglected?" Then I gathered them and reassigned them to their positions.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:17 - So I registered a complaint with the nobles of Judah, saying to them, "What is this evil thing that you are doing, profaning the Sabbath day?

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:25 - So I entered a complaint with them. I called down a curse on them, and I struck some of the men and pulled out their hair. I had them swear by God saying, "You will not marry off your daughters to their sons, and you will not take any of their daughters as wives for your sons or for yourselves!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:6 - Do not stare at me because I am dark, for the sun has burned my skin. My brothers were angry with me; they made me the keeper of the vineyards. Alas, my own vineyard I could not keep! The Beloved to Her Lover:

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:8 - When you summon her for divorce, you prosecute her; he drives her away with his strong wind in the day of the east wind.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 28:20

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:20 - For the bed is too short to stretch out on, and the blanket is too narrow to wrap around oneself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:5 - 'The defenders of the city will go out and fight with the Babylonians. But they will only fill those houses and buildings with the dead bodies of the people that I will kill in my anger and my wrath. That will happen because I have decided to turn my back on this city on account of the wicked things they have done.
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