μάχομαι
máchomai
“to war, i.e. (figuratively) to quarrel, dispute”
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Definition
Strong’s Definition
to war, i.e. (figuratively) to quarrel, dispute
Mounce Concise Greek-English Dictionary
to fight; to quarrel, Acts 7:26; 2 Tim. 2:24; to contend, dispute, Jn. 6:52; Jas. 4:2*
Translated in KJV as
fightstrive
Etymology
middle voice of an apparently primary verb;
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“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?”