G269: ἄμαχος (ámachos)

G269 ἄμαχος (ámachos)

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Quick Definition

ἄμαχος, ον Adj not quarrelsome, peaceable

Strong's Definition

from 1 (as a negative particle) and 3163; peaceable

KJV Usage: not a brawler

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

ἄμαχος (G0269)

adjc. | -ον | ἀ- + μάχομαι

39.24 · Hostility, Strife · Strife, Struggle

not contentious, peaceful pertaining to a lack of conflict and contention

1TI 3:3 · TIT 3:2

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἄμαχος, -ον, (μάχη), in Grk. writ. [fr. Pind. down] commonly not to be withstood, invincible; more rarely abstaining from fighting, (Xen. Cyr. 4,1, 16; Hell. 4, 4, 9); in the N. T. twice metaph. not contentious: 1 Tim. ἘΠΕ 5:17. Abii Pea!

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἄμαχος amachos 2x

not disposed to fight; not quarrelsome or contentious, 1 Tim. 3:3; Tit. 3:2*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* ἄμαχος, -ον

(< μάχη);

invincible (freq. in cl.).

abstaining from fighting, non-combatant (Xen.). Metaph. (cf. MM, VGT, s.v.), not contentious: I Ti 3:3, Tit 3:2.†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἄμαχος. Cos 3255 ἄμαχος ἄζηλος χρόνος πᾶς ἦν ὃν εἶπον, οὐδ᾽ ἐχω[ρ]ίσθημέν ποτε---ἃ sepulchral inscription by a husband in memory of his wife—illustrates the non-military use of the word found twice in the Pastorals (1 Tim 35, Tit 32. So also an epitaph from Apameia (c. iii/A.D.) in Kazbe/ 387, ἄμαχος ἐβίωσα peta φίλων Kt συνγενῶν. ἀμάω. The word is almost entirely poetical in earlier Greek, though found in Herodotus. Plutarch has it, and P Hib I.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἄμαχος (amachos) — peacable. ἄμᾰχ-ος, ον, 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, κακόν[Refs 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]