θηριομαχέω
thēriomachéō · G2341 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to be in a serious struggle with, to have to contend with
(A figurative extension of meaning of θηριομαχέω ‘to be forced to fight with wild animals,’ not occurring in the NT) To be in conflict with forceful opposition
Examples1 Corinthians 15:32 If from human motives I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what good is it to me? If the dead are not raised, LET’S EAT AND DRINK, FOR TOMORROW WE DIE.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- Not stated: I 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- ἐνin+ ἜφεσοςEphesus 1
- κατάaccording to, against, down+ ἄνθρωποςman, person, people 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 1 word
- ἀγωνίζομαι agōnízomai · G75 · to struggle, to fight, to compete
- ἀγωνίζομαι is the general verb for engaging in a contest or struggle (athletic, military, or spiritual), while θηριομαχέω specifically denotes fighting with wild beasts (literally or figuratively). Both convey intense struggle/combat, making ἀγωνίζομαι a broader near-synonym for the metaphorical sense of contending with fierce opposition.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To be in a serious struggle with, to have to contend with39.28
- In 1 Corinthians 15:32, Paul asks, “If from human motives I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, what good is it to me?” using this verb figuratively for engaging in a fierce struggle with hostile people.
Word family 4 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon θηριομάχω: 1 aorist ἐθηριομάχησα; (θηριομαχος); to fight with wild beasts (Diodorus 3,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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