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μάχομαι

machomai · quarrel, fight

Greek word · Strong’s number G3164 · appears 4 times in the Bible

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What it means

machomai (μάχομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “quarrel, fight”.

Fight; also argue fiercely, dispute.

How to say it

ma·cho·mai

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. Clash with blows or words.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

  • as they were fighting ×1
  • quarrel ×1
  • were arguing ×1
  • you fight ×1

Related words

Words that come from it

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • John 6:52

    So the Jews were arguing with one another, saying, “How can this man give us his flesh to eat?”

  • Acts 7:26

    And on the following day he appeared to them as they were fighting and was trying to bring them to peace, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers; why do you wrong one another?’

  • 2 Timothy 2:24

    And the Lord’s slave must not quarrel, but be gentle toward all, able to teach, patient when wronged,

  • James 4:2

    You desire and do not have; you murder and are jealous and cannot obtain; you fight and wage war. You do not have because you do not ask.