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Koine Greek wordlink #140173

SR GNT 2Tim 2:24 μάχεσθαι (maⱪesthai) ‘of the master not it is fitting to_be quarrelling but gentle to_be’ Strongs=31640 Lemma=maχomai
Word role=verb mood=infinitive tense=present voice=middle

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Only use of identical word form μάχεσθαι (V-NPM....) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘μάχεσθαι’ (V-NPM....) is always and only glossed as ‘to_be 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 μάχεσθαι (V-NPM....) with a gloss related to ‘quarrelling’

YHN 6:52 ἐμάχοντο (emaⱪonto) V-IIM3..P ‘were quarrelling therefore with one_another’ SR GNT Yhn 6:52 word 1

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

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