verb

diamachemō

Greekδιαμάχομαι (diamachomai)

Strong’sG1264

I strive greatly, contend fiercely

stem diamach-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

contended sharply1×

What it means

δια-μάχομαι

[in LXX for לחם ni., Da LXX 10:20; Si 8:1, 3 38:28 51:19 *;]

1. to struggle against.

2. In argument, to contend: Ac 23:9.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G1264 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saiddee-am-akh'-om-ahee

to fight fiercely (in altercation)

Fromfrom G1223 and G3164;

King Jamesstrive.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
diamacheleδιεμάχοντο	was happening · theyimperfect middle indicative 3rd person plural	contended sharply	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	diamachemō	diamacheme	diamachemi	diamachema	diamachemē	diamachemelē
you 2nd person singular	diamachesō	diamachese	diamachesi	diamachesa	diamachesē	diamacheselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	diamachetō	diamachete	diamacheti	diamacheta	diamachetē	diamachetelē
we 1st person plural	diamachenō	diamachene	diamacheni	diamachena	diamachenē	diamachenelē
ye 2nd person plural	diamachevō	diamacheve	diamachevi	diamacheva	diamachevē	diamachevelē
they 3rd person plural	diamachelō	diamachele1×διεμάχοντο	diamacheli	diamachela	diamachelē	diamachelelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	diamachemeiō	diamachemeia	diamachemeiē
you 2nd person singular	diamacheseiō	diamacheseia	diamacheseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	diamacheteiō	diamacheteia	diamacheteiē
we 1st person plural	diamacheneiō	diamacheneia	diamacheneiē
ye 2nd person plural	diamacheveiō	diamacheveia	diamacheveiē
they 3rd person plural	diamacheleiō	diamacheleia	diamacheleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	diamachesōr	diamachesar	diamachesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	diamachetōr	diamachetar	diamachetēr
ye 2nd person plural	diamachevōr	diamachevar	diamachevēr
they 3rd person plural	diamachelōr	diamachelar	diamachelēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	diamachemoiō	diamachemoia
you 2nd person singular	diamachesoiō	diamachesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	diamachetoiō	diamachetoia
we 1st person plural	diamachenoiō	diamachenoia
ye 2nd person plural	diamachevoiō	diamachevoia
they 3rd person plural	diamacheloiō	diamacheloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	diamacherō	diamacheri	diamachera	diamacherē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	diamacherōtos	diamacheritos	diamacheratos	diamacherētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

diamachstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

diamach 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

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

diamachele“contended sharply”was happening · theyimperfect middle indicative 3rd person plural1×

Acts 23:9“contended sharply”gineta de kraugas megas, kai anistanaratois tinois toiu grammatevoiu teu mereu toiu Farisaioiu diamachele legarōtois; Oudenem kakem heuriskanō en to anthrōpo houto; ei de pneumem lalata auto ē angelosA great clamor arose, and some scribes from the party of the Pharisees got up and contended sharply, “We find nothing wrong with this man. What if a spirit or an angel has spoken to him?”