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Greek · Strong's G3164

μάχομαι

machomaimakh'-om-ahee

to war, i.e. (figuratively) to quarrel, dispute

1890 spelling: máchomai

  • μ40
  • α1
  • χ600
  • ο70
  • μ40
  • α1
  • ι10

Isopsephy 762

Strong's Dictionary · 1890

to war, i.e. (figuratively) to quarrel, dispute

Rendered in the KJV as

fight, strive.

  • 4
    occurrencesin the New Testament
  • 4 of 27
    New Testament bookswhere the word stands
  • 4
    inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 4 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 4

  • Ἐμάχοντο1
  • μάχεσθαι1
  • μάχεσθε1
  • μαχομένοις1

How it is rendered · 4

  • to quarrel1
  • Were arguing1
  • were quarreling1
  • You quarrel1

The sense the word carries at each spot: how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 4

  • verb · imperfect deponent, statement · 3rd person plural1
  • verb · present deponent, statement · 2nd person plural1
  • verb · present deponent, infinitive (“to…”)1
  • verb · present deponent, participle (“the one who…”) · dative (“to / for”) · masculine plural1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
  • V-INI-3P · 1
  • V-PNI-2P · 1
  • V-PNN · 1
  • V-PNP-DPM · 1

All 4, in canonical order

The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

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Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), CC BY 4.0: their grammar codes written out in English here, and shown as tagged under each list. Dictionary: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).