1264. diamachomai
Strong's Lexicon
diamachomai: To contend earnestly, to strive vehemently, to argue intensely.

Original Word: διαμάχομαι
Part of Speech: Verb
Transliteration: diamachomai
Pronunciation: dee-am-akh'-om-ahee
Phonetic Spelling: (dee-am-akh'-om-ahee)
Definition: To contend earnestly, to strive vehemently, to argue intensely.
Meaning: I strive greatly, contend fiercely.

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from dia and machomai
Definition
to struggle against
NASB Translation
argue heatedly (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1264: διαμάχομαι

διαμάχομαι: imperfect διεμαχομην; to fight it out; contend fiercely: of disputants, Acts 23:9. (Sir. 8:1, 3; very frequent in Attic writings.)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
strive.

From dia and machomai; to fight fiercely (in altercation) -- strive.

see GREEK dia

see GREEK machomai

Forms and Transliterations
διεμαχοντο διεμάχοντο diemachonto diemáchonto
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Englishman's Concordance
Acts 23:9 V-IIM/P-3P
GRK: τῶν Φαρισαίων διεμάχοντο λέγοντες Οὐδὲν
NAS: stood up and [began] to argue heatedly, saying,
KJV: arose, and strove, saying,
INT: of the Pharisees they were contending saying Nothing

Strong's Greek 1264
1 Occurrence


διεμάχοντο — 1 Occ.















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