Lexicon athlésis: a contest Original Word: ἄθλησις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: athlésis Phonetic Spelling: (ath'-lay-sis) Short Definition: a contest Definition: a struggling (as in an athletic contest). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom athleóDefinitiona contest NASB Translationconflict (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 119: ἄθλησιςἄθλησις, (εως, ἡ, contest, combat, (frequently from Polybius down); figuratively, ἄθλησις παθημάτων a struggle with sufferings, trials, Hebrews 10:32; (of martyrdom, Ignatius mart. 4; Clement, mart. 25). STRONGS NT 119a: ἀθροίζωἀθροίζω: perfect passive participle ἠθροισμένος; (from ἀθρόος, equivalent to θρόος (a noisy crowd, noise), with a copulative (see A, a, 2)); to collect together, assemble; passive to be assembled, to convene: Luke 24:33 L T Tr WH. ((Sophocles) Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, Photius, others; O. T. Apocrypha; sometimes in the Sept. for קָבַץ.) (Compare: ἐπαθροίζω, συναθροίζω).
Strong's fight. From athleo; a struggle (figuratively) -- fight. see GREEK athleo |
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