Strong's Lexicon

G119

G119 — ἄθλησις

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekathlesisnounOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G119
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, , 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

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

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
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