Word

μάχη

máchē · G3163 · Greek · 4 occurrences

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Meanings

severe clash, struggle, fight

Serious conflict, either physical or non-physical, but clearly intensive and bitter

Examples
2 Corinthians 7:5 For even when we came into Macedonia our flesh had no rest, but we were afflicted on every side: conflicts on the outside, fears inside.
2 Timothy 2:23 But refuse foolish and ignorant speculations, knowing that they produce quarrels.
Titus 3:9 But avoid foolish controversies and genealogies and strife and disputes about the Law, for they are useless and worthless.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

νομικόςexpert in the Law, lawyer 1

What is done to itIt is the object

2 occurrences in 2 groups

γεννάωto beget, to be the father of, to give birth 1
περιΐστημιto stand around 1

What it is said to bePredicate

2 occurrences in 2 groups

ἔξωθενoutside, from outside 1
πόθενfrom where?, how? 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

To clash severely, struggle, fight39.23: This lexeme denotes conflict or strife among people. James 4:1 asks, “What is the source of quarrels and conflicts among you? Is the source not your pleasures that wage war in your body’s parts?”

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

μάχομαι máchomai · G3164 · to clash severely, struggle, fight · 4×μάχηmáchē · G3163ἄμαχος ámachos · G269 · not contentious, peaceful · 2×διαμάχομαι diamáchomai · G1264 · to protest strongly, to contend with · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon μάχης, ἡ (μάχομαι; from Homer down), the Sept. several times for רִיב, מָדון, etc.; a…

μάχης, ἡ (μάχομαι; from Homer down), the Sept. several times for רִיב, מָדון, etc.; a flight, combat;
1. of those in arms, a battle.
2. of persons at variance disputants, etc., strife, contention; a quarrel: 2 Cor 7:5; 2 Tim 2:23; Jas 4:1; μάχαι νομικαι, contentions about the law, Tit 3:9.

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Strife, Struggle4 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0