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máchomai

quarrel

Say it: MAKH-om-ai (approximate)

μάχομαι

What it means

To fight, to quarrel. In 2:24, "the Lord's servant must not quarrel." Also John 6:52 (the Jews "disputed"), Acts 7:26, and James 4:2 ("you fight and make war").

Range of meaning

  • QuarrelDispute.
  • FightStruggle against.

In 2 Timothy

  • Chapter 2

    "The Lord's servant must not quarrel" (2:24).

Every verse (1)

Verses where G3164 is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources