ΔΙΕΜΑΧΟΝΤΟ, διεμαχοντο
DIEMACHONTO, diemachonto
Sounds Like: dee-eh-MAH-khon-toh
Translations: they contended, they fought, they disputed, they struggled
From the root: ΔΙΑΜΑΧΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This is a compound verb, formed from the preposition διά (dia), meaning 'through' or 'thoroughly', and the verb μάχομαι (machomai), meaning 'to fight'. Therefore, it means to fight or contend thoroughly, or to dispute vehemently. It describes an action where multiple people are engaged in a struggle or argument.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Middle/Passive, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G1264 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 14 — 16:475
Josephus' The Jewish War
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 23:9
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΜΑΧΟΜΑΙ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΔΙΑΜΑΧΗΣΕΤΑΙ — he will contend, he will dispute, he will fight
- ΔΙΑΜΑΧΟΜΑΙ — to dispute, to contend, to strive, to quarrel
- ΔΙΑΜΑΧΟΥ — contend, dispute, strive, fight, quarrel
- ΔΙΑΜΕΜΑΧΙΣΤΑΙ — it has been contended, it has been fought, it has been struggled, it has been disputed
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