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μάχομαι
Transliteration
machomai;
Pronunciation
makh'-om-ahee
Parts of Speech
v
Root Word (Etymology)
middle voice of an apparently root word
Dictionary Aids
TWOT Reference: TDNT 4:527
KJV Translation Count — 4x
The KJV translates Strongs H1 in the following manner: strive (3), fight (1)
Outline of Biblical Usage
1. to fight
a. of armed combatants, or those who engage in a hand to hand struggle
b. of those who engage in a war of words, to quarrel, wrangle, dispute
c. of those who contend at law for property and privileges
Strong's Definitions
makh'-om-ahee; middle of an apparently primary verb; to war, i.e. (figurative) to quarrel, dispute: — fight, strive.
Concordance Results Using KJV
The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
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?
And the servant of the Lord must not G3164; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye G3164 and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.