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Strong's #269 - ἄμαχος
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- not to be withstood, invincible
- not contentious
- abstaining from fighting
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ἄμᾰχ-ος, ον,
without battle: hence,
I with whom no one fights, unconquerable, of persons, Hdt. 5.3, A. Pers. 856 (lyr.), Ar. Lys. 253, 1014 (lyr.); χεῖρες Pi. I. 6(5).41; δύναμις Pl. Mx. 240d, Isoc. 5.139: c. inf., πολύποδες.. πᾶν ὅτι οὖν φαγεῖν ἄ. Ael. VH 1.1, etc.: of places, impregnable, Hdt. 1.84: of things, irresistible, κακόν Pi. P. 2.76; κῦμα θαλάσσης A. Pers. 90: of feelings, ἄλγος Id. Ag. 733; φθόνος E. Rh. 456; ἄ. πρᾶγμα, of a woman whose beauty is irresistible, X. Cyr. 6.1.36; ἄ. φιλοφροσύνη Plu. 2.667d; ἄ. κάλλος Aristaenet. 1.24; ἄ. τρυφή Ael. NA 16.23: — ἄμαχόν [ἐστι] c. inf., like ἀμήχανον, 'tis impossible to do.., Pi. O. 13.13. Adv. -ως irresistibly, Luc. Merc. Cond. 3; incontestably, S.E. M. 8.266.
II Act.,
1. not having fought, taking no part in the battle, X. Cyr. 4.1.16; ἄ. διάγειν to remain without fighting, Id. HG 4.4.9: ἄμαχον, τό, non-combatants, Ael. Tact. 2.2, cf. D.C. 53.12; ἄ. νίκη gained without fighting, Eun. VS p.472 B.
2. disinclined to fight, not contentious, [*] 1 Timothy 3:3, Titus 3:2, cf. Inscr.Cos 325; ἄ. ἐβίωσα Epigr Gr. 387.6 (Apamea Cibotus).
ἄμαχος, (μάχη), in Greek writings (from Pindar down) commonly not to be withstood, invincible; more rarely abstaining from fighting (Xenophon, Cyril 4, 1, 16; Hell. 4, 4, 9); in the N. T. twice metaphorically, not contentious: 1 Timothy 3:3; Titus 3:2.
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* ἄμαχος , -ον
(< μάχη );
1. invincible (freq. in cl.).
2. abstaining from fighting, non-combatant (Xen.). Metaph. (cf. MM, VGT, s.v.), not contentious: 1 Timothy 3:3, Titus 3:2.†
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Cos 3259 ἄμαχος ἄζηλος χρόνος πᾶς ἦν ὃν εἶπον , οὐδ᾽ ἐχω [ρ ]ίσθημέν ποτε —a sepulchral inscription by a husband in memory of his wife—illustrates the non-military use of the word found twice in the Pastorals (1 Timothy 3:3, Titus 3:2). So also an epitaph from Apameia (c. iii/A.D.) in Kaibel 387, ἄμαχος ἐβίωσα με [τὰ φί ]λων κὲ συνγενῶν .
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