adjective
amachos
Strong’sG269
not quarrelsome, peaceable
stem amach-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books2 of 26 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
* ἄμαχος, -ον
(< μάχη);
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G269 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
without battle: hence,
I with whom no one fights, unconquerable, of persons, Refs 5th c.BC+: with infinitive, πολύποδες.. πᾶν ὅτι οὖν φαγεῖν ἄ.Refs 2nd c.AD+: of places, impregnable, Refs 5th c.BC+: of things, irresistible, κακόνRefs 5th c.BC+; ἄ. πρᾶγμα, of a woman whose beauty is irresistible, Refs 5th c.BC+ —ἄμαχόν [ἐστι] with infinitive, like {ἀμήχανον}, 'tis impossible to do.., Refs 5th c.BC+. adverb -ως irresistibly, Refs 2nd c.AD+; incontestably, Refs 2nd c.AD+
II active, not having fought, taking no part in the battle, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἄ. διάγειν to remain without fighting, Refs non-combatants, Refs 2nd c.AD+gained without fighting, Refs 5th c.BC+
II.2 disinclined to fight, not contentious, NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | masculine singular | feminine singular | neuter singular | masculine plural | feminine plural | neuter plural |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | amachos | amachas | amachem | amachois | amachais | amacheim |
| object accusative | amachon1×ἄμαχον | amachan | amachoin1×ἀμάχους | amachain | ||
| direct address vocative | amachor | amachar | amachoir | amachair | ||
| of, belonging to genitive | amachou | amachau | amacheu | amachoiu | amachaiu | amacheiu |
| to, for dative | amacho | amacha | amache | amachoi | amachai | amachei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
amach is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
amachon“not quarrelsome”objectaccusative singular1×
1 Timothy 3:3“not quarrelsome”mē paroinon, mē plēkton, alla epieikon, amachon, afilarguron,not dependent on wine, not violent but gentle, peaceable, and …
amachoin“peaceable”objectaccusative plural1×
Titus 3:2mēdenon blasfēmarō, amachoin arō, epieikoin, pantan endeikorōntoin prautan pros …… malign no one, and to be peaceable and gentle, showing full consideration to …