to quarrel

Greek Verb

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)

to quarrel

Greek Verb

μάχομαι [ᾰ], Ionic dialect present optative μαχέοιτο [Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle μαχεόμενος variant in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; Epic dialect μαχειόμενος [Refs 8th c.BC+]: Epic dialect imperfect μαχέσκετο [Refs 8th c.BC+]: future μαχήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μαχέσομαι, δια-μαχεσόμεθα (as variant) [Refs]; also in late Prose, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist ἐμαχεσάμην [Refs 8th c.BC+]; infinitive μαχέσασθαι [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; participle μαχεσσαμένω [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect μεμάχημαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: late aorist ἐμαχέσθην [Refs 1st c.AD+]future μαχεσθήσομαι only [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—fight, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μάχην μ. [Refs 8th c.BC+] mostly of armies and persons fighting as parts of armies, but sometimes of single combat, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; between men and beasts, [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—Constr: with dative person, fight with, i. e. against, one, ἀνδράσιν ἶφι μ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μ. ἀντία, ἐναντίον τινός, [Refs 8th c.BC+] against heaven's will, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. σὺν σοί. θεά, with thy help, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μετὰ πρώτοισι μ. among the foremost, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μετὰ Βοιωτῶν μ. with them, in their ranks,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κατὰ σφέας γὰρ μαχέονται will fight by themselves, [Refs 8th c.BC+] fight in single combat, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μ. πρό τινος before him: hence, metaphorically, for him, in his defence, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; but later usually περί τινος, [Refs 8th c.BC+], of boxers, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; μ. ἀπ᾽ ἵππου fight from horseback, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸ μήπω μεμαχημένον the force that had not yet come into action, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) with accusative, fight against, only falsa lectio in [Refs 2nd c.AD+] II) generally, quarrel, wrangle, ἔριδι μ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; τινι [Refs]; τῷ παιδὶ μ. make a scene with, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; dispute, argue, περί τι μ. [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) contend for the mastery in games, etc, πὺξ μ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; measure oneself with or against, τινι[Refs 5th c.BC+] IV) after [Refs 8th c.BC+], struggle against a force, ἀνάγκᾳ δ᾽ οὐδὲ θεοὶ μ. [Refs 7th c.BC+]; μ. τῷ λιμῷ, τῷ δίψει, [Refs 5th c.BC+] V) with infinitive, struggle, make an effort to do, [Refs 4th c.BC+] VI) of arguments, propositions, etc, to be in contradiction or inconsistent, τρία ὁμολογήματα μ. αὐτὰ αὑτοῖς [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to war, i.e. (figuratively) to quarrel, dispute; fight, strive; middle voice of an apparently primary verb