Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)
quarrel
Usage: 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)
Mache means “battle” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3163 — yachdo (“Jahdo”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3163 μάχη (mache) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. mache (makh'-ay) n. 1. a battle 2. (figuratively) controversy It has 33 linked Bible usages across 16 books. Visible English usage signals include strife, battle, come, between, and herdsmen. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
mache (makh'-ay) n. 1. a battle 2. (figuratively) controversy [from G3164] KJV: fighting, strive, striving Root(s): G3164
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quarrel
Usage: 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)
Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.
Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and New Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G3163 (μάχη) appears 30 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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4 indexed usages in New Testament.
For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
15 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle, and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle, and the Canaanites and the Perizzites then inhabited the land.
And Abram said to Lot, Let there not be a strife between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brethren.
Forty thousand armed for battle went over before the Lord to war, to the city of Jericho.
14 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Howbeit Josiah did not turn back his chariot from him, but undertook to fight with him, not regarding the words of the prophet Jeremiah spoken by the mouth of the Lord:
Let there be no battle between me and you; I will come with a few men, that I may see you in peace.
for after I had joined battle with him, both he and his host was discomfited by us, so that we sit in the throne of his kingdom:
First 33 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3163.
And there was a strife between the herdsmen of Abram’s cattle, and the herdsmen of Lot’s cattle, and the Canaanites and the Perizzites then inhabited the land.
And Abram said to Lot, Let there not be a strife between me and thee, and between my herdsmen and thy herdsmen, for we are brethren.
Forty thousand armed for battle went over before the Lord to war, to the city of Jericho.
And the children of Israel had a signal of battle with the liers in wait, that they should send up a signal of smoke from the city.
And thou shalt deliver me from the striving of the peoples, Thou shalt keep me to be the head of the Gentiles: A people which I knew not served me.
And is there a store of them, For thee against the time of thine enemies, For the day of wars and battle?
Better is a morsel with pleasure in peace, Than a house full of many good things and unjust sacrifices, with strife.
But sedition and strife precede poverty.
He loveth transgression that loveth strife: and he that exalteth his gate seeketh destruction.
If you abandon yourself to mirth, and stretch forth your hand in a quarrel, you shall be disgraced.
Milk out milk, and there shall be butter, and if you wing one's nostrils there shall come out blood: so if you extort words, there will come forth quarrels and strifes
If ye fast for quarrels and strifes, and smite the lowly with your fists, wherefore do ye fast to me as ye do this day, so that your voice may be heard in crying?
For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.
From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Howbeit Josiah did not turn back his chariot from him, but undertook to fight with him, not regarding the words of the prophet Jeremiah spoken by the mouth of the Lord:
Let there be no battle between me and you; I will come with a few men, that I may see you in peace.
for after I had joined battle with him, both he and his host was discomfited by us, so that we sit in the throne of his kingdom:
But when the battle waxed strong, there appeared unto the enemies from heaven five comely men upon horses, with bridles of gold, and two of them led the Jews,
Whereupon there was a very sore battle; but Judas’ side by the help of God got the victory; so that the nomads of Arabia, being overcome, besought Judas for peace, promising both to give him cattle, and to pleasure him otherwise.
A fierce battle then took place; and the men of Antiochus prevailing, Arsinoe continually went up and down the ranks, and with disheveled hair, with tears and entreaties, begged the soldiers to fight manfully for themselves, their children, and wives; and promised that if they proved conquerors, she would give them two minas of gold apiece.
And there is a friend, who being turned to enmity and strife Will discover thy reproach.
Strive not with an angry man, And go not with him into a solitary place: For blood is as nothing in his sight; And where there is no help, he will overthrow thee.
The talk of him that sweareth much maketh the hair stand upright; And their brawls make one stop his ears.
The strife of the proud is bloodshedding, And their revilings are grievous to the ear.
Abstain from strife, and thou shalt diminish thy sins: For a furious man will kindle strife.
As the matter of the fire is, so it burneth: And as a man’s strength is, so is his wrath; And according to his riches his anger riseth; And the stronger they are which contend, the more they will be inflamed.
A hasty contention kindleth a fire: And a hasty fighting sheddeth blood.
So is it with a man that fasteth for his sins, And goeth again, and doeth the same: Who will hear his prayer? Or what doth his humbling profit him?
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3163, grouped by book.
Mache (Strong's G3163) is a Greek word most simply glossed "battle". mache (makh'-ay) n. 1. a battle 2. (figuratively) controversy
This page currently indexes 33 linked usages for Strong's G3163 across 16 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3163 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as strife, battle, come, between, herdsmen, and man. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 15 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 14 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3163, with linked reader references where each row is available.