- Original: μάχομαι - Transliteration: Machomai - Phonetic: makh'-om-ahee - Definition: 1. to fight a. of armed combatants, or those who engage in a hand to hand struggle b. of those who engage in a war of words, to quarrel, wrangle, dispute c. of those who contend at law for property and privileges - Origin: middle voice of an apparently root word - TDNT entry: 12:47,6 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: Middle voice of an apparently primary verb; to war that is (figuratively) to quarrel dispute: - fight strive. Total KJV Occurrences: 4 • fight, 1 Jam 4:2 • strive, 1 2 Timothy 2:24 • strove, 2 Joh 6:52; Act 7:26