Strong's Lexicon
G2341 — θηριομαχέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G2341 |
|---|---|
| Word: | θηριομαχέω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from a compound of G2342 and G3164 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 1 |
| Transliteration: | theriomacheo |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | thay-ree-om-akh-eh'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. to be a beast-fighter (in the gladiatorial show) 2. (figuratively) to encounter (furious men) |
| KJV Renderings: | fight with wild beasts |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
θηριομαχέω, θηριομάχω: 1 aorist ἐθηριομάχησα; (θηριομαχος); to fight with wild beasts (Diodorus 3, 43, 7; Artemidorus Daldianus, oneir. 2, 54; 5, 49); εἰ ἐθηριομάχησα ἐν Ἐφέσῳ, 1Co 15:32 — these words some take literally, supposing that Paul was condemned to fight with wild beasts; others explain them tropically of a fierce contest with brutal and ferocious men (so θηριομάχειν in Ignatius ad Rom 5:1-21 [ET] (etc.); ὁιοις θηρίοις μαχομεθα says Pompey, in the Appendix, bell. 104:2,61; see θηρίον). The former opinion encounters the objection that Paul would not have omitted this most terrible of all perils from the catalog in 2Co 11:23 ff
Englishman's Greek Concordance
θηριομαχέω (fight with wild beasts)
1 Corinthians 15:32
- KJV: If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus what advantageth it me if the dead rise not let us eat and drink for to morrow we die
- GK: ει κατά άνθρωπον εθηριομάχησα εν Εφέσω τι μοι το όφελος ει νεκροί ουκ εγείρονται φάγωμεν και πίωμεν αύριον γαρ αποθνήσκομεν