Definition
From Mounce's Concise Greek-English Dictionary
Strong's Definition
a battle, i.e. (figuratively) controversy
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
a fight, battle, conflict; in NT contention, dispute, strife, controversy, 2 Cor. 7:5; 2 Tim. 2:23; Tit. 3:9; Jas. 4:1*
Translated in KJV as
fightingstrivestriving
Etymology
from G3164 (μάχομαι);
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