Strong's Lexicon
G119 — ἄθλησις
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G119 |
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| Word: | ἄθλησις |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G118 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | athlesis |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ath'-lay-sis |
| Meaning: | 1. a struggle (figuratively) |
| KJV Renderings: | fight |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄθλησις, (εως, ἡ, contest, combat, (frequently from Polybius down); figuratively, ἄθλησις παθημάτων a struggle with sufferings, trials, Heb 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: Luk 24:33 L T Tr WH. ((Sophocles) Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, Photius, others; O. T. Apocrypha; sometimes in the Sept. for ÷ÈáÇõ.) (Compare: ἐπαθροίζω, συναθροίζω).
Other Resources
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἄθλησις (fight)
Hebrews 10:32
- KJV: But call to remembrance the former days in which after ye were illuminated ye endured a great fight of afflictions
- GK: αναμιμνήσκεσθε δε τας πρότερον ημέρας εν αις φωτισθέντες πολλήν άθλησιν υπεμείνατε παθημάτων