G3164 μάχομαι

Strong's Greek Concordance · 4 KJV occurrences

μάχομαι

máchomai

Definition

to war, i.e. (figuratively) to quarrel, dispute

KJV Renderings

fight, strive

Derivation / Etymology

middle voice of an apparently primary verb;

KJV Verses (4)

John 6:52The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
Acts 7:26And 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?
2 Timothy 2:24And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
James 4:2Ye lust, and have not: ye kill, and desire to have, and cannot obtain: ye fight and war, yet ye have not, because ye ask not.