Greek verb · G1264
διαμάχομαι
diamachomaidee-am-akh'-om-ahee
to struggle against; In argument
1 use in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: diamáchomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1264is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1264
to fight fiercely (in altercation)
The King James renders it: strive.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
diamachomai is rendered "to struggle against; In argument". It stands 1 time in the Greek text, across one book.
- One of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to struggle against".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Acts 23:9A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
The first use
A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
Acts 23:9διεμάχοντο
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in one of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to struggle against, and In argument.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to struggle against | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereActs 23:9A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended… |
| In argumentto contend | Tagged as
| WhereActs 23:9A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended… |
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| διαμαρτύρομαι | diamartyromai | to testify solemnly | Uses15 |
| διαμερίζω | diamerizo | to divide | Uses11 |
| διαμένω | diameno | to remain | Uses5 |
| διαμερισμός | diamerismos | division | Uses1 |
All 1, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- διεμάχοντο1
The grammar of each form
- verb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-INI-3P
Acts
one use
A great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”
- διεμάχοντοdiemachontoverb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were contending
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.