G3164: μάχομαι
máchomai · “to quarrel”
Definition
to war, i.e. (figuratively) to quarrel, dispute
KJV translates it as: fight, strive
Word origin: middle voice of an apparently primary verb;
Extended definition
μάχομαι
[in LXX chiefly for רִיב, also for נָצָה ni., etc. ;]
1. to fight: Act.7:26.
2. to quarrel, dispute: 2Ti.2:24, Jas.4:2; πρὸς ἀλλήλους, Jhn.6:52 (cf. δια-μάχομαι).†
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for רִיב, also for נָצָה ni., etc. ;]
1. to fight: Act.7:26.
2. to quarrel, dispute: 2Ti.2:24, Jas.4:2; πρὸς ἀλλήλους, Jhn.6:52 (cf. δια-μάχομαι).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G3164 is translated
- were arguing ×1
- were quarreling ×1
- to quarrel ×1
- you quarrel ×1
Bible verses with G3164 (máchomai)
Máchomai appears in 4 verses.
- John 6:52
The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
- Acts 7:26
And the next day he shewed himself unto them as they strove, and would have set them at one again, saying, Sirs, ye are brethren; why do ye wrong one to another?
- 2 Timothy 2:24
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
- James 4:2
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.