G1264 διαμάχομαι
diamáchomai — to fight fiercely (in altercation)
KJV: strive
Built from διά diá (through) + μάχομαι máchomai (to war)
Occurs 4 times. Every verse with this word
Where it occurs
- Acts 23:9 — A great clamor arose, and some of the scribes of the Pharisees’ part stood up, and contended, saying, “We find no evil…
- Sirach 8:1 — Don’t contend with a mighty man, lest perhaps you fall into his hands.
- Sirach 8:3 — Don’t argue with a loudmouthed man. Don’t heap wood upon his fire.
- Sirach 38:28 — So too is the smith sitting by the anvil and considering the unwrought iron. The smoke of the fire will waste his…