Strong G3163μάχη
quarrel
- Transliteration
- machē
- Pronunciation
- makh'-ay
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G3164; a battle that is (figuratively) controversy: - fighting strive striving.
Detailed definition
μάχη, -ης, ἡ
(μάχομαι), [in LXX chiefly for רִיב;]
1. a fight.
2. a strife, contention, quarrel: 2Co.7:5, 2Ti.2:23, Jas.4:1; pl., Tit.3:9.†
(AS)
(μάχομαι), [in LXX chiefly for רִיב;]
1. a fight.
2. a strife, contention, quarrel: 2Co.7:5, 2Ti.2:23, Jas.4:1; pl., Tit.3:9.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G3163 appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fighting2
- strife1
- striving1
First verses
- 2 Corinthians 7:5For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
- 2 Timothy 2:23But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
- Titus 3:9But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
- James 4:1From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
μᾰχ-η, ἡ,
(μάχομαι) battle, combat, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, usually of armies, μ. καὶ φύλοπις 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.789; ἐπὶ ἶσα μ. τέτατο πτόλεμός τε 12.436; μ. ἐνοπή τε 12.35; μάχαι τ᾽ ἀνδροκτασίαι τε 7.237)]; sometimes of single combat, [Refs ([prev. work] 158, 232, 263)]; μ. καὶ δηϊοτής[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 290; ναῶν ἐν μάχαις 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.34; μάχαις καὶ ναυμαχίαις 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.26; μάχη δορός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 439 (Lyric poetry), etc.: with Verbs, μάχην μάχεσθαι)] fight a battle, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.414, etc.; θήσονται μ. 24.402; μάχας εἰσήλυθον 2.798; ἀρτύνθη μ. 11.216; μ. ἤγειραν 17.261; μ. ὀρνύμεν, ὤτρυνον, 9.353, 12.277; συμφερόμεσθα μάχῃ 11.736; πειρᾶτο μάχας 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.43)]; ἀντιάζειν τινὶ μάχαν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 67; σὺν γυναιξὶ τὰς μ. ποιούμενος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 302, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.29; μάχην συνάψαι ἐμβολαῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 336)]; μ. συμβάλλειν τινί engage battle with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 837)]; διὰ μάχης τινὶ ἀπικέσθαι, ἔρχεσθαι, ἥκειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.169, 6.9, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 475; διὰ μάχης ἐκβαλεῖν τινα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1303a35 (so ἐξέπεσον διὰ μάχης [prev. work] 34))]; εἰς μάχην πρός τινα ἐλθεῖν, μολεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 636 (troch.), “Ph.” 694; ἐς μάχην ἐπεξιέναι τινί 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.23; μάχης γενομένης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 869c)]; μάχῃ κρατῆσαι conquer in battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 612, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.193 (with variant{μάχην}); νενικήκαμεν τὴν μεγάλην μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.53; Μιλτιάδης ὁ τὴν ἐν Μαραθῶνι μ. τοὺς βαρβάρους νικήσας 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.181)]; μάχη τινός battle with an enemy, Αἴαντος δ᾽ ἀλέεινε μ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.542, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 361; μ. ὑπέρ τινος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.42; περί τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 919b)]: plural, strifes, ἔρις τε.. πόλεμοί τε μάχαι τε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.177; μάχας ἐν λόγοις ποιεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 88a, etc.)]: generally, contention, strife, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Ep.” 352c, etc.; μάχης ἐάν τις ἄρξηται “SIG” 1109.72 (2nd c.AD))]; μ. νομικαί [NT (NT.Tit.3.9.)]
2 ={ἀγών}, contest, as for a prize in the games, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.58 (but ἄεθλα, opposed to μάχαι πολέμου, [prev. author] “O.” 2.44).)]
3 struggle, μηχανή τε πολλὴ καὶ μ. ἦν περί τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.38.)]
II mode of fighting, way of battle, ἡ μ. σφέων ἦν ἀπ᾽ ἵππων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.79; ἐπίστασθαι τὴν μ. τινῶν [prev. author] 7.9.ά, compare 7.85, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.7.)]
III field of battle, interpolated in [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 2.2.6, 5.5.4.)]
IV in Logic, contradiction, inconsistency, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 52.1, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.392.)]
(μάχομαι) battle, combat, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Homerus Epicus, usually of armies, μ. καὶ φύλοπις 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.789; ἐπὶ ἶσα μ. τέτατο πτόλεμός τε 12.436; μ. ἐνοπή τε 12.35; μάχαι τ᾽ ἀνδροκτασίαι τε 7.237)]; sometimes of single combat, [Refs ([prev. work] 158, 232, 263)]; μ. καὶ δηϊοτής[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 290; ναῶν ἐν μάχαις 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 9.34; μάχαις καὶ ναυμαχίαις 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 30.26; μάχη δορός 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 439 (Lyric poetry), etc.: with Verbs, μάχην μάχεσθαι)] fight a battle, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 15.414, etc.; θήσονται μ. 24.402; μάχας εἰσήλυθον 2.798; ἀρτύνθη μ. 11.216; μ. ἤγειραν 17.261; μ. ὀρνύμεν, ὤτρυνον, 9.353, 12.277; συμφερόμεσθα μάχῃ 11.736; πειρᾶτο μάχας 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 1.43)]; ἀντιάζειν τινὶ μάχαν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 67; σὺν γυναιξὶ τὰς μ. ποιούμενος 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 302, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 3.3.29; μάχην συνάψαι ἐμβολαῖς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 336)]; μ. συμβάλλειν τινί engage battle with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 837)]; διὰ μάχης τινὶ ἀπικέσθαι, ἔρχεσθαι, ἥκειν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.169, 6.9, 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Supplices” 475; διὰ μάχης ἐκβαλεῖν τινα 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1303a35 (so ἐξέπεσον διὰ μάχης [prev. work] 34))]; εἰς μάχην πρός τινα ἐλθεῖν, μολεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 636 (troch.), “Ph.” 694; ἐς μάχην ἐπεξιέναι τινί 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 2.23; μάχης γενομένης 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 869c)]; μάχῃ κρατῆσαι conquer in battle, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 612, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.193 (with variant{μάχην}); νενικήκαμεν τὴν μεγάλην μ. 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.53; Μιλτιάδης ὁ τὴν ἐν Μαραθῶνι μ. τοὺς βαρβάρους νικήσας 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.181)]; μάχη τινός battle with an enemy, Αἴαντος δ᾽ ἀλέεινε μ. [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.542, compare 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Scutum Herculis” 361; μ. ὑπέρ τινος 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “N.” 7.42; περί τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 919b)]: plural, strifes, ἔρις τε.. πόλεμοί τε μάχαι τε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 1.177; μάχας ἐν λόγοις ποιεῖσθαι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Timaeus” 88a, etc.)]: generally, contention, strife, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. author] “Ep.” 352c, etc.; μάχης ἐάν τις ἄρξηται “SIG” 1109.72 (2nd c.AD))]; μ. νομικαί [NT (NT.Tit.3.9.)]
2 ={ἀγών}, contest, as for a prize in the games, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.58 (but ἄεθλα, opposed to μάχαι πολέμου, [prev. author] “O.” 2.44).)]
3 struggle, μηχανή τε πολλὴ καὶ μ. ἦν περί τινος [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 7.5.38.)]
II mode of fighting, way of battle, ἡ μ. σφέων ἦν ἀπ᾽ ἵππων [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.79; ἐπίστασθαι τὴν μ. τινῶν [prev. author] 7.9.ά, compare 7.85, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.7.)]
III field of battle, interpolated in [Refs ([prev. author] “An.” 2.2.6, 5.5.4.)]
IV in Logic, contradiction, inconsistency, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Epictetus Philosophus “Enchiridion” 52.1, 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “adversus Mathematicos” 7.392.)]