Quarrel
μάχηStrong’s G3163machē
Appears in 4 verses of the New Testament
In short
Machē is the Greek word usually translated “quarrels” and “conflicts”. It appears in 4 verses of the New Testament.
“But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.”
Meaning
Usually translated “quarrels” and “conflicts”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- quarrels 3
- conflicts 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 2 Corinthians 1
- 2 Timothy 1
- Titus 1
- James 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- 2 Corinthians 7:5For, when we were come into Macedonia, our flesh had no rest, but we were troubled on every side; without were fightings, within were fears.
- 2 Timothy 2:23But foolish and unlearned questions avoid, knowing that they do gender strifes.
- James 4:1From whence come wars and fightings among you? come they not hence, even of your lusts that war in your members?
Greek dictionary
μάχη machē · quarrel
μάχη, -ης, ἡ (μάχομαι), [in LXX chiefly for רִיב ;] 1. a fight. 2. a strife, contention, quarrel: 2Co.7:5, 2Ti.2:23, Jas.4:1; pl., Tit.3:9.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “quarrel” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
QUAR'REL, noun
[Latin queror, to complain, that is, to cry out with a loud voice. Hence we see the primary sense is the same as brawl. The Latin queror coincides in elements with to call, to bawl, to shout, and gearan, a complaint. Heb.
- A brawl; a petty fight or scuffle; from its noise and uproar.
- A dispute; a contest.
- A breach of friendship or concord; open variance between parties.
- Cause of dispute.
All definitions and other forms of “quarrel”
- Something that gives a right to mischief, reprisal or action.
- Objection; ill will, or reason to complain; ground of objection or dispute.“Herodias had a quarrel against him” Mark 6:19
- Something peevish, malicious, or disposed to make trouble. [Not used.]
QUAR'REL, noun
- An arrow with a square head. [Not used unless in poetry.]
- A pane of glass; a square. [See Quarry and Square.]
QUAR'REL, verb intransitive
- To dispute violently or with loud and angry words; to wrangle; to scold.
- To fight; to scuffle; to contend; to squabble; used of two persons or of a small number.
- To fall into variance.
- To find fault; to cavil.
- To disagree; to be at variance; not to be in accordance in form or essence.
QUAR'REL, verb transitive
- To quarrel with.
- To compel by a quarrel; as, to quarrel a man out of his estate or rights.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.