μάχομαι (machomai) means “to quarrel” in the TBESG Greek lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: makh'-om-ahee Strong’s Greek pronunciation spelling.
μάχομαι · machomai · to quarrel
μάχομαι [in LXX chiefly for רִיב, also for נָצָה ni., etc. ;] 1. to fight: Act.7:26. 2. to quarrel, dispute: 2Ti.2:24, Jas.4:2; πρὸς ἀλλήλους, Jhn.6:52 (cf. δια-μάχομαι).† (AS)
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I engage in battle, fight; hence: I strive, contend, dispute.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| be quarrelsome | 1 |
| began to argue | 1 |
| were fighting | 1 |
| you quarrel | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
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| as they strove | 1 |
| strive | 1 |
| strove | 1 |
| ye fight | 1 |
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At this, the Jews began to argue among themselves, “How can this man give us His flesh to eat?”
Read word by wordThe next day he came upon two Israelites who were fighting, and he tried to reconcile them, saying, ‘Men, you are brothers. Why are you mistreating each other?’
Read word by wordAnd a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing.
Read word by wordYou crave what you do not have; you kill and covet, but are unable to obtain it. You quarrel and fight. You do not have, because you do not ask.
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