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Strong's G3164 μάχομαι (machomai)

Machomai means “fight” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H3164 — yachdiel (“Jahdiel”) in the Hebrew Bible.

Strong's Number G3164
Language Greek
Linked Usages 25
Books 18

Strong's G3164 Quick Answer

Strong's G3164 Ἐμάχοντο is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. machomai (makh'-om-ai) v. 1. to war 2. (figuratively) to quarrel, dispute It has 25 linked Bible usages across 18 books. Visible English usage signals include strive and war. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
machomai (makh'-om-ai) v. 1. to war 2. (figuratively) to quarrel, dispute
Usage
25 linked usages
Books
18 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
strive and war

Meaning and Definition

machomai (makh'-om-ai) v. 1. to war 2. (figuratively) to quarrel, dispute [middle voice of an apparently primary verb] KJV: fight, strive

Original Word
Ἐμάχοντο
Morphology
V-INI-3P

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3164. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to quarrel

Usage: 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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How Strong's G3164 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Strong's G3164, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

How Strong's G3164 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, New Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. 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.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Septuagint / Greek Old Testament with 19 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G3164 (Ἐμάχοντο) appears 22 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G3164 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G3164 in the New Testament

4 indexed usages in New Testament.

John 6:52 KJV

The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?

Acts 7:26 KJV

And 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 2:24 KJV

And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,

Strong's G3164 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

19 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Genesis 26:20 Septuagint / Brenton

And the shepherds of Gerar strove with the shepherds of Isaac, saying that the water was theirs; and they called the name of the well, Injury, for they injured him.

Genesis 26:22 Septuagint / Brenton

And he departed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive about that; and he named the name of it, Room, saying, Because now the Lord has made room for us, and has increased us upon the earth.

Genesis 31:36 Septuagint / Brenton

And Jacob was angry, and strove with Laban; and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my injustice, and what my sin, that thou hast pursued after me,

Strong's G3164 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

2 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

2 Maccabees 10:17 Septuagint / Brenton

and assaulting them strongly, they won the holds, and kept off all that fought upon the wall, and slew all that fell into their hands, and killed no fewer than twenty thousand.

2 Maccabees 12:36 Septuagint / Brenton

Now when they that were with Gorgias had fought long, and were weary, Judas called upon the Lord, that he would show himself to be their helper and leader of the battle.

Usage Excerpts

First 25 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3164.

Genesis 26:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the shepherds of Gerar strove with the shepherds of Isaac, saying that the water was theirs; and they called the name of the well, Injury, for they injured him.
Genesis 26:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And he departed thence and dug another well; and they did not strive about that; and he named the name of it, Room, saying, Because now the Lord has made room for us, and has increased us upon the earth.
Genesis 31:36 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Jacob was angry, and strove with Laban; and Jacob answered and said to Laban, What is my injustice, and what my sin, that thou hast pursued after me,
Exodus 21:22 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if two men strive and smite a woman with child, and her child be born imperfectly formed, he shall be forced to pay a penalty: as the woman’s husband may lay upon him, he shall pay with a valuation.
Leviticus 24:10 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And there went forth a son of an Israelitish woman, and he was son of an Egyptian man among the sons of Israel; and they fought in the camp, the son of the Israelitish woman, and a man who was an Israelite.
Deuteronomy 25:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And if men should strive together, a man with his brother, and the wife of one of them should advance to rescue her husband out of the hand of him that smites him, and she should stretch forth her hand, and take hold of his private parts;
Joshua 9:18 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And the children of Israel smote them not, because the princes of the congregation had sworn unto them by the LORD God of Israel. And all the congregation murmured against the princes.
Judges 11:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And now art thou any better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he indeed fight with Israel, or indeed make war with him,
2 Kingdoms 14:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And moreover thy handmaid had two sons, and they fought together in the field, and there was no one to part them; and the one smote the other his brother, and slew him.
4 Kingdoms 3:23 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And they said, This is the blood of the sword; and the kings have fought, and each man has smitten his neighbor; now then to the spoils, Moab.
2 Chronicles 27:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
He fought against the king of the children of Ammon, and prevailed against him: and the children of Ammon gave him even annually a hundred talents of silver, and ten thousand measures of wheat, and ten thousand of barley. These the king of the children of Ammon brought to him annually in the first and second and third years.
Nehemiah 5:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then I consulted with myself, and I rebuked the nobles, and the rulers, and said unto them, Ye exact usury, every one of his brother. And I set a great assembly against them.
Nehemiah 13:11 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then contended I with the rulers, and said, Why is the house of God forsaken? And I gathered them together, and set them in their place.
Nehemiah 13:17 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Then I contended with the nobles of Judah, and said unto them, What evil thing is this that ye do, and profane the sabbath day?
Nehemiah 13:25 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And I contended with them, and cursed them, and smote certain of them, and plucked off their hair, and made them swear by God, saying, Ye shall not give your daughters unto their sons, nor take their daughters unto your sons, or for yourselves.
Song of Solomon 1:6 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Look not upon me, because I am dark, Because the sun has looked unfavorably upon me: My mother’s sons strove with me; They made me keeper in the vineyards; I have not kept my own vineyard.
Isaiah 27:8 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Fighting and reproaching he will dismiss them; didst thou not meditate with a harsh spirit, to slay them with a wrathful spirit?
Isaiah 28:20 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
ye that are distressed; we cannot fight, but we are ourselves too weak for you to be gathered.
Jeremiah 40:5 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
to fight against the Chaldeans, and to fill it with the corpses of men, whom I smote in mine anger and my wrath, and turned away my face from them, for all their wickedness:
John 6:52 New Testament, KJV
The Jews therefore strove among themselves, saying, How can this man give us his flesh to eat?
Acts 7:26 New Testament, KJV
And 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 2:24 New Testament, KJV
And the servant of the Lord must not strive; but be gentle unto all men, apt to teach, patient,
James 4:2 New Testament, KJV
Ye 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.
2 Maccabees 10:17 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
and assaulting them strongly, they won the holds, and kept off all that fought upon the wall, and slew all that fell into their hands, and killed no fewer than twenty thousand.
2 Maccabees 12:36 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Now when they that were with Gorgias had fought long, and were weary, Judas called upon the Lord, that he would show himself to be their helper and leader of the battle.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3164, grouped by book.

Genesis 3 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Exodus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Leviticus 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Deuteronomy 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Joshua 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
4 Kingdoms 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Nehemiah 4 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Jeremiah 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
John 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
2 Timothy 1 usage, New Testament
James 1 usage, New Testament
2 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha

Strong's G3164 FAQ

What does machomai (μάχομαι) mean?

Machomai (Strong's G3164) is a Greek word most simply glossed "fight". machomai (makh'-om-ai) v. 1. to war 2. (figuratively) to quarrel, dispute

How many times is machomai (μάχομαι) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 25 linked usages for Strong's G3164 across 18 books.

Where can I study machomai (μάχομαι) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3164 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate machomai (μάχομαι)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as strive and war. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G3164 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 19 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 2 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3164, with linked reader references where each row is available.