2001 Translation

MACHĒN, machēn

Sounds Like: MA-khen

Translations: battle, fight, combat, a battle, a fight, a combat

From the root: ΜΑΧΗ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a battle, fight, or combat. It is typically used to describe a physical conflict or struggle between individuals or groups. It can be used in contexts ranging from a small skirmish to a large-scale war.

Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G3163 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• 1 Maccabees — 10:53
• Sirach — 6:9, 28:8

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 22:186

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 18:260, 18:262, 20:334
• Book 2 — 15:324, 16:334
• Book 3 — 2:42, 2:43, 2:44, 2:50, 2:61
• Book 4 — 1:6, 5:96, 5:97, 7:167
• Book 5 — 1:46, 1:67, 1:73, 2:161, 3:183, 8:245, 8:304, 11:358
• Book 6 — 2:26, 5:79, 6:114, 7:135, 9:174, 9:177, 9:184
• Book 7 — 1:1, 1:11, 1:12, 1:17, 1:22, 4:76, 6:128, 12:298, 12:300, 12:304
• Book 8 — 11:274, 12:293, 14:364, 14:375, 14:379, 14:382
• Book 9 — 1:12, 9:198, 9:199, 11:229, 11:232
• Book 10 — 5:77
• Book 12 — 6:222, 6:274, 7:290, 7:309, 8:342, 8:343, 8:352, 9:370, 10:405, 10:409, 11:423, 11:426
• Book 13 — 5:159, 6:189, 7:93, 13:375, 14:378
• Book 14 — 8:134, 12:299, 13:336, 15:456
• Book 15 — 5:113, 5:119, 5:147, 5:148, 5:150, 6:190
• Book 17 — 10:289
• Book 20 — 6:118

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book One — 2:17, 5:17, 9:5, 9:7, 9:19, 10:9, 20:18, 20:19, 20:21
• Book Two — 3:9, 12:3, 13:18, 14:20, 18:52, 19:6
• Book Three — 2:17, 6:3, 7:49, 7:131, 7:159, 7:180, 8:26, 10:71
• Book Four — 1:36, 1:44, 3:76, 7:46
• Book Five — 7:18, 8:10, 11:4
• Book Six — 2:41, 2:52, 2:54
• Book Seven — 4:21, 7:31, 7:33, 9:14

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 24:117, 24:120, 43:215, 65:350, 72:400, 72:403, 73:405, 74:412

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Joshua — 4:13
• 1 Maccabees — 10:53
• Proverbs — 25:8
• Sirach — 6:9, 8:16, 28:8

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΜΑΧΗ.

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.

• ἈΜΑΧΗΤΙ — without a fight, without battle, unopposed, without resistance
• ἈΜΑΧΙ — without a fight, without battle, peacefully
• ΑΜΑΧΟ — unwarlike, peaceable, not contentious, not quarrelsome
• ΑΧΙΑΝ — battle, fight, combat, a battle, a fight
• ΜΑΧ — battle, fight, contention, strife, a battle, a fight
• ΜΑΧΑΙΣ — (to) battles, (for) battles, (in) battles, (with) battles
• ΜΑΧΑΣ — battles, fights, quarrels, disputes
• ΜΑΧΗ — battle, fight, conflict, a battle, a fight, a conflict
• ΜΑΧΗΣ — of battle, of fight, of combat, of a battle, of a fight, of a combat
• ΜΑΧΙ — battle, fight, combat, a battle, a fight
• ΜΑΧ‾Η‾ — fight, a fight, battle, a battle, dispute, a dispute, quarrel, a quarrel
• ΤΗΝΜΑΧΗΝ — the battle, the fight, a battle, a fight
• ΤΗΣΜΑΧΗΣ — of the battle, of the fight, of the conflict
• ΤΟΤΕΜΑΧΗΣ — of battle, of a battle, of a fight, of fighting

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