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#3164 μάχομαι machomai {makh'-om-ahee}
middle voice of an apparently root word; TDNT - 4:527,573; v
—Greek Word Study (Transliteration-Pronunciation Etymology & Grammar)
1) to fight
1a) of armed combatants, or those who engage in a hand to hand struggle
1b) of those who engage in a war of words, to quarrel, wrangle, dispute
1c) of those who contend at law for property and privileges
—Thayer's (New Testament Greek-English Lexicon)
Middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to war, that is, (figuratively) to quarrel, dispute:—fight, strive.
—Strong's (Greek Dictionary of the New Testament)
- #3164.
- μα´χομαι
- machomai; a prim. vb.; to fight:—
- NASB - argue(1), fight(1), fighting together(1), quarrelsome(1).
—NAS Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible with Hebrew-Aramaic and Greek Dictionaries
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AV - strive 3, fight 1; 4
- fight
- James 4:2.
- strive
- 2 Timothy 2:24.
- strove
- John 6:52. Acts 7:26.
—Exhaustive Concordance (KJV Translation Frequency & Location)
