Strong's Concordance machomai: to fight Original Word: μάχομαιPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: machomai Phonetic Spelling: (makh'-om-ahee) Short Definition: I engage in battle, fight, strive Definition: I engage in battle, fight; hence: I strive, contend, dispute. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3164: μάχομαιμάχομαι; imperfect 3 person plural Ἐμάχοντο; (allied with μάχαιρα; Curtius, § 459; Vanicek, p. 687; from Homer down); to fight: properly, of armed combatants, or those who engage in a hand-to-hand struggle, Acts 7:26; tropically, of those who engage in a war of words, to quarrel, wrangle, dispute: 2 Timothy 2:24; πρός ἀλλήλους, John 6:52 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 5; Buttmann, § 133, 8); of those who contend at law for property and privileges, James 4:2. (Compare: διαμάχομαι. Synonym: see πόλεμος, b.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance fight, strive. Middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to war, i.e. (figuratively) to quarrel, dispute -- fight, strive. Forms and Transliterations εμαχεσάμην εμαχέσαντο εμαχέσατο Εμαχοντο εμάχοντο Ἐμάχοντο μαχεσθαι μάχεσθαι μαχεσθε μάχεσθε μαχομενοις μαχομένοις μαχόμενος μάχωνται μαωζείν Emachonto Emáchonto machesthai máchesthai machesthe máchesthe machomenois machoménoisLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 31644 Occurrences Ἐμάχοντο — 1 Occ. μάχεσθαι — 1 Occ. μάχεσθε — 1 Occ. μαχομένοις — 1 Occ. John 6:52 V-IIM/P-3P GRK: Ἐμάχοντο οὖν πρὸς NAS: the Jews [began] to argue with one another, KJV: therefore strove among INT: Were arguing therefore with Acts 7:26 V-PPM/P-DMP 2 Timothy 2:24 V-PNM/P James 4:2 V-PIM/P-2P |