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  "type": "word",
  "id": "G3163",
  "lemma": "μάχη",
  "transliteration": "máchē",
  "definition": "a battle, i.e. (figuratively) controversy",
  "kjv": "fighting, strive, striving",
  "occurrences": 34,
  "language": "Greek",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "G3164",
      "lemma": "μάχομαι",
      "transliteration": "máchomai",
      "meaning": "to war",
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    }
  ],
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  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "2 Corinthians 7:5",
      "text": "For even when we had come into Macedonia, our flesh had no relief, but we were afflicted on every side. Fightings were…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-corinthians/7?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Timothy 2:23",
      "text": "But refuse foolish and ignorant questionings, knowing that they generate strife.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/2-timothy/2?v=23"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Titus 3:9",
      "text": "but shun foolish questionings, genealogies, strife, and disputes about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/titus/3?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jacob 4:1",
      "text": "Where do wars and fightings among you come from? Don’t they come from your pleasures that war in your members?",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/besorah/jacob/4?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Esdras 1:30",
      "text": "Then the king said to his servants, “Carry me away out of the battle, for I am very weak!” Immediately his servants…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/1-esdras/1?v=30"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Sirach 6:9",
      "text": "And there is a friend who turns into an enemy. He will discover strife to your reproach.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/6?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Sirach 8:16",
      "text": "Don’t fight with a wrathful man. Don’t travel with him through the desert, for blood is as nothing in his sight. Where…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/8?v=16"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Sirach 27:14",
      "text": "Their talk with much swearing makes hair stand upright. Their strife makes others plug their ears.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/27?v=14"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Sirach 27:15",
      "text": "The strife of the proud leads to bloodshed. Their abuse of each other is a grievous thing to hear.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/27?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Sirach 28:8",
      "text": "Abstain from strife, and you will diminish your sins, for a passionate man will kindle strife.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh-gr/sirach/28?v=8"
    }
  ],
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