mache denotes conflicts or disputes, whether outward pressures, community tensions, or outcomes of futile controversies.

The attested uses describe conflicts or disputes: outward pressures paired with inward fears, tensions among people, and quarrels produced by or grouped with foolish controversies.

1. Conflicts and disputes in communal settings · dominant

   The nominative plural form occurs with outward pressure in 2 Corinthians 7:5, where the APB renders the contrast as “quarrels outside, fears inside.” In James 4:1, it is set beside “wars” among the audience; in 2 Timothy 2:23 and Titus 3:9, the accusative plural is connected with foolish controversies that are to be refused or avoided.

   2 Corinthians 7:52 Timothy 2:23James 4:1Titus 3:9

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “quarrels” in all four verses, while placing those quarrels in differing clauses: outside pressures, conflicts among the audience, and results or companions of controversies. This consistency confirms the verse-level presentation rather than supplying a separate lexical distinction.