Open English Translation (OET)

Koine Greek wordlink #68540

SR GNT Yhn 6:52 ἐμάχοντο (emaⱪonto) ‘were quarrelling therefore with one_another’ Strongs=31640 Lemma=maχomai
Word role=verb mood=indicative tense=imperfect voice=middle person=3rd number=plural
Year=32 AD

Note: With the help of a companion website, these word pages enable you to click through all the way back to photographs of the original manuscripts that the Open English Translation New Testament is translated from. If you go to the Statistical Restoration Greek page (by clicking on the SR Bible reference above), from there you can click on the original manuscript numbers (e.g., 𝔓1, 01, 02, etc.) in the Witness column there, to see their transcription of the original Greek page. From there, you can click on the 🔍 magnifying glass icon to view a photograph of the actual leaf of the codex. This is all part of the commitment of the Open English Translation team to be transparent about all levels of the Bible translation process right back to the original manuscripts.

Only use of identical word form ἐμάχοντο (V-IIM3..P) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἐμάχοντο’ (V-IIM3..P) is always and only glossed as ‘were quarrelling’.

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘maχomai’ have 4 different glosses: ‘to_be quarrelling’, ‘were quarrelling’, ‘you_all are quarrelling’, ‘quarrelling’.

Greek words (4) other than ἐμάχοντο (V-IIM3..P) with a gloss related to ‘quarrelling’

MAT 12:19 ἐρίσει (erisei) V-IFA3..S Lemma=erizō ‘not he will_be quarrelling nor will_be crying_out nor’ SR GNT Mat 12:19 word 2

ACTs 7:26 μαχομένοις (maⱪomenois) V-PPM.DMP ‘day he was seen to them quarrelling and he was reconciling them’ SR GNT Acts 7:26 word 8

2TIM 2:24 μάχεσθαι (maⱪesthai) V-NPM.... ‘of the master not it is fitting to_be quarrelling but gentle to_be’ SR GNT 2Tim 2:24 word 6

YAC 4:2 μάχεσθε (maⱪesthe) V-IPM2..P ‘not you_all are being_able to obtain you_all are quarrelling and you_all are warring not’ SR GNT Yac 4:2 word 12

Key: V=verb IFA3..S=indicative,future,active,3rd person singular IIM3..P=indicative,imperfect,middle,3rd person plural IPM2..P=indicative,present,middle,2nd person plural NPM....=infinitive,present,middle PPM.DMP=participle,present,middle,dative,masculine,plural