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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 BoxGen 26:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:20 - But the herders of Gerar quarreled with those of Isaac and said, “The water is ours!” So he named the well Esek,[fn] because they disputed with him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:22 - He moved on from there and dug another well, and no one quarreled over it. He named it Rehoboth,[fn] saying, “Now the LORD has given us room and we will flourish in the land.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:36

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:36 - Jacob was angry and took Laban to task. “What is my crime?” he asked Laban. “How have I wronged you that you hunt me down?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:22 - “If people are fighting and hit a pregnant woman and she gives birth prematurely[fn] but there is no serious injury, the offender must be fined whatever the woman’s husband demands and the court allows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:10 - Now the son of an Israelite mother and an Egyptian father went out among the Israelites, and a fight broke out in the camp between him and an Israelite.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 25:11 - If two men are fighting and the wife of one of them comes to rescue her husband from his assailant, and she reaches out and seizes him by his private parts,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:18 - But the Israelites did not attack them, because the leaders of the assembly had sworn an oath to them by the LORD, the God of Israel. The whole assembly grumbled against the leaders,

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:25

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:6 - I your servant had two sons. They got into a fight with each other in the field, and no one was there to separate them. One struck the other and killed him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:23

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:23 - “That’s blood!” they said. “Those kings must have fought and slaughtered each other. Now to the plunder, Moab!”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:5

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 27:5 - Jotham waged war against the king of the Ammonites and conquered them. That year the Ammonites paid him a hundred talents[fn] of silver, ten thousand cors[fn] of wheat and ten thousand cors[fn] of barley. The Ammonites brought him the same amount also in the second and third years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:7 - I pondered them in my mind and then accused the nobles and officials. I told them, “You are charging your own people interest!” So I called together a large meeting to deal with them

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:11 - So I rebuked the officials and asked them, “Why is the house of God neglected?” Then I called them together and stationed them at their posts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:17 - I rebuked the nobles of Judah and said to them, “What is this wicked thing you are doing—desecrating the Sabbath day?

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:25 - I rebuked them and called curses down on them. I beat some of the men and pulled out their hair. I made them take an oath in God’s name and said: “You are not to give your daughters in marriage to their sons, nor are you to take their daughters in marriage for your sons or for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:6

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 1:6 - Do not stare at me because I am dark, because I am darkened by the sun. My mother’s sons were angry with me and made me take care of the vineyards; my own vineyard I had to neglect.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 27:8 - By warfare[fn] and exile you contend with her— with his fierce blast he drives her out, as on a day the east wind blows.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 28:20

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:5 - in the fight with the Babylonians[fn]: ‘They will be filled with the dead bodies of the people I will slay in my anger and wrath. I will hide my face from this city because of all its wickedness.
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