verb

logomachamō

Greekλογομαχέω (logomacheō)

Strong’sG3054

I contend about words

stem logomach-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

wrangling over words1×

What it means

*† λογομαχέω, -ῶ

(< λόγος, μάχομαι),

to strive with words: II Ti 2:14.†

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

Strong’s G3054 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidlog-om-akh-eh'-o

to be disputatious (on trifles)

Fromfrom a compound of G3056 and G3164;

King Jamesstrive about words.

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
logomacharōλογομαχεῖν	happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive	wrangling over words	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, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	logomachamō	logomachame	logomachami	logomachama	logomachamē	logomachamelē
you 2nd person singular	logomachasō	logomachase	logomachasi	logomachasa	logomachasē	logomachaselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	logomachatō	logomachate	logomachati	logomachata	logomachatē	logomachatelē
we 1st person plural	logomachanō	logomachane	logomachani	logomachana	logomachanē	logomachanelē
ye 2nd person plural	logomachavō	logomachave	logomachavi	logomachava	logomachavē	logomachavelē
they 3rd person plural	logomachalō	logomachale	logomachali	logomachala	logomachalē	logomachalelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	logomachameiō	logomachameia	logomachameiē
you 2nd person singular	logomachaseiō	logomachaseia	logomachaseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	logomachateiō	logomachateia	logomachateiē
we 1st person plural	logomachaneiō	logomachaneia	logomachaneiē
ye 2nd person plural	logomachaveiō	logomachaveia	logomachaveiē
they 3rd person plural	logomachaleiō	logomachaleia	logomachaleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	logomachasōr	logomachasar	logomachasēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	logomachatōr	logomachatar	logomachatēr
ye 2nd person plural	logomachavōr	logomachavar	logomachavēr
they 3rd person plural	logomachalōr	logomachalar	logomachalēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	logomachamoiō	logomachamoia
you 2nd person singular	logomachasoiō	logomachasoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	logomachatoiō	logomachatoia
we 1st person plural	logomachanoiō	logomachanoia
ye 2nd person plural	logomachavoiō	logomachavoia
they 3rd person plural	logomachaloiō	logomachaloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	logomacharō1×λογομαχεῖν	logomachari	logomachara	logomacharē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
the subject acts active voice	logomacharōtos	logomacharitos	logomacharatos	logomacharētos

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

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

logomach 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

logomacharō“wrangling over words”happening now · the “to …” formpresent active infinitive1×

2 Timothy 2:14“wrangling over words”Houteim hupomimnēskasōr, diamarturerōtos enōpion tou kuriou, mē logomacharō, epi oudenem chrēsimem, epi katastrofa toiu akouarōtoiu.Remind the believers of these things, charging them before God to avoid quarreling over words, which succeeds only in leading the listeners to ruin.