ΜΑΧΕΣΘΗΝΑΙ, μαχεσθηναι
MACHESTHĒNAI, machesthēnai
Sounds Like: mah-KHESTH-ay-nai
Translations: to fight, to contend, to strive
From the root: ΜΑΧΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to fight' or 'to contend'. It describes engaging in conflict or struggle, either physically or verbally. As an infinitive, it functions like the English 'to fight' and can be used as the object of another verb or to express purpose.
Inflection: Aorist, Middle or Passive Voice, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G3164 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 6 — 9:185
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΑΧΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἈΝΑΜΑΧΕΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to fight back, to recover by fighting, to regain, to retrieve
- ἈΠΟΜΑΧΕΣΘΑΙ — to fight off, to ward off, to repel, to resist
- ΑΠΕΜΑΧΕΤΟ — he fought back, he resisted, he contended against, he struggled against
- ΑΠΕΜΑΧΟΝΤΟ — they fought back, they resisted, they defended themselves
- ΔΙΑΜΑΧΕΣΘΑΙ — to contend, to dispute, to fight it out, to struggle
- ΔΙΕΜΑΧΟΤΟ — they contended, they disputed, they fought, they struggled
- ἘΜΑΧΕΣΑΜΗΝ — I fought, I contended, I struggled
- ἘΜΑΧΕΣΑΝΤΟ — they fought, they contended, they struggled
- ἘΜΑΧΕΣΑΤΟ — fought, contended, struggled
- ἘΜΑΧΕΤΟ — he fought, she fought, it fought, he was fighting, she was fighting, it was fighting
- ἘΜΑΧΟΝΤΟ — they fought, they were fighting
- ΕΜΑΧΕΣΑΜΗΝ — I fought, I contended, I struggled
- ΕΜΑΧΕΣΑΜ‾Η‾ — I fought, I contended, I struggled
- ΕΜΑΧΕΣΑΝΤΟ — they fought, they contended, they struggled
- ΕΜΑΧΗΣΑΝ — they fought, they contended, they struggled
- ΕΜΑΧΟΝΤΟ — they were fighting, they fought, they contended, they struggled
- ΜΑΧΕΙ — he fights, she fights, it fights, he is fighting, she is fighting, it is fighting
- ΜΑΧΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to fight, to contend, to quarrel
- ΜΑΧΕΙΤΑΙ — he will fight, she will fight, it will fight
- ΜΑΧΕΣ — you fight, you contend, you strive
- ΜΑΧΕΣΑΜΕΝΗΝ — having fought, having contended, having struggled, having battled
- ΜΑΧΕΣΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having fought, who fought, when they fought
- ΜΑΧΕΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having fought, after fighting, when he had fought
- ΜΑΧΕΣΘΑΙ — to fight, to contend, to strive, to quarrel
- ΜΑΧΕΣΘΕ — fight, contend, quarrel, strive
- ΜΑΧΕΣΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — about to fight, about to contend, about to battle, those about to fight, those about to contend, those about to battle
- ΜΑΧΕΤΑΙ — he fights, she fights, it fights, he contends, she contends, it contends, he struggles, she struggles, it struggles
- ΜΑΧΕΤΟ — he fought, he was fighting, he contended, he was contending
- ΜΑΧΗΣΟΜΕΝΟΝ — about to fight, going to fight, who will fight, one about to fight, a fighter
- ΜΑΧΗΣΟΜΕΝΟΣ — about to fight, intending to fight, going to fight
- ΜΑΧΗΣΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — about to fight, going to fight, who will fight, those who will fight
- ΜΑΧΟΙΝΤΟ — they might fight, they would fight, they should fight
- ΜΑΧΟΜΑΙ — fight, contend, dispute, strive
- ΜΑΧΟΜΕΝΑ — fighting, contending, warring, struggling
- ΜΑΧΟΜΕΝΗΝ — fighting, contending, struggling, warring, a fighting one, a contending one
- ΜΑΧΟΜΕΝΙΟΣ — fighting, warring, contending, a fighter, a warrior
- ΜΑΧΟΜΕΝΟΙ — fighting, warring, contending, struggling
- ΜΑΧΟΜΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) those fighting, (to) those contending, (to) those struggling
- ΜΑΧΟΜΕΝΟΝ — fighting, contending, waging war, a fighting one, that which is fighting
- ΜΑΧΟΜΕΝΟΣ — fighting, contending, warring, disputing
- ΜΑΧΟΜΕΝΟΥΣ — fighting, contending, warring, struggling
- ΜΑΧΟΜΕΝΩΝ — of fighting, of contending, of warring, of struggling
- ΜΑΧΟΥΜΕΘΑ — we will fight, we shall fight, we will contend, we shall contend
- ΜΑΧΟΥΜΕΝΟΝ — fighting, warring, contending, a fighting one
- ΜΑΧΩΝ — fighting, warring, a fighter, a warrior, of fighters, of warriors
- ΜΑΧΩΝΤΑΙ — they fight, they contend, they quarrel, they strive
- ΠΡΟΣΜΑΧΕΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having fought against, having contended with, having struggled with
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