Greek noun (feminine) · G3163
μάχη
machemakh'-ay
a fight.; a strife, contention, quarrel
4 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: máchē
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3163is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3163
a battle, i.e. (figuratively) controversy
The King James renders it: fighting, strive, striving.
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
mache is rendered "a fight.; a strife, contention, quarrel". It stands 4 times in the Greek text, across four books.
- One of the uses stand in 2 Corinthians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "a fight.".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.2 Corinthians 7:5For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
2 Corinthians 7:5μάχαι
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
One of the word's four uses is in 2 Corinthians.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: a fight., and a strife, contention, quarrel.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a fight. | Tagged aslisted under the table | Where2 Corinthians 7:5For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest… |
| a strife, contention, quarrel2Co.7:5, 2Ti.2:23, Jas.4:1; pl., Tit.3:9.† (AS) | Tagged as
| Where2 Corinthians 7:5For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest… |
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.
All 4, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 spellings 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
- μάχαι2
- μάχας2
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · feminine plural2N-APF
- noun · nominative (subject) · feminine plural2N-NPF
2 Corinthians
one use
For when we arrived in Macedonia, our bodies had no rest, but we were pressed from every direction—conflicts on the outside, fears within.
- μάχαιmachainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: conflicts
2 Timothy
one use
But reject foolish and ignorant speculation, for you know that it breeds quarreling.
- μάχαςmachasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: quarrels
Titus
one use
But avoid foolish controversies, genealogies, arguments, and quarrels about the law, because these things are pointless and worthless.
- μάχαςmachasnoun · accusative (object) · feminine pluraltagged: quarrels
James
one use
What causes conflicts and quarrels among you? Don’t they come from the passions at war within you?
- μάχαιmachainoun · nominative (subject) · feminine pluraltagged: quarrels
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.