G3164
μάχομαι
to quarrel
μάχομαι [in LXX chiefly for רִיב, also for נָצָה ni., etc. ;] __1. to fight: Act.7:26. __2. to quarrel, dispute: 2Ti.2:24, Jas.4:2; πρὸς ἀλλήλους, Jhn.6:52 (cf. δια-μάχομαι).† (AS)
The KJV translates G3164 in the following manner:
strove (4x), fight (2x), strive (2x)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
μάχομαι — máchomai
μάχομαι; imperfect 3 person plural Ἐμάχοντο; (allied with μάχαιρα; Curtius, § 459; Vanicek, p. 687; from Homer down); to fight: properly, of armed combatants, or those who engage in a hand-to-hand struggle, Act 7:26; tropically, of those who engage in a war of words, to quarrel, wrangle, dispute: 2Ti 2:24; πρός ἀλλήλους, Joh 6:52 (cf. Winers Grammar, § 31, 5; Buttmann, § 133, 8); of those who contend at law for property and privileges, Jas 4:2. (Compare: διαμάχομαι. Synonym: see πόλεμος, b.)
4 occurrences
John (1), Acts (1), II Timothy (1), James (1)