◄ 2341. thériomacheó ►
Strong's Lexicon thériomacheó: To fight with wild beasts Original Word: θηριομαχέω Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: thériomacheó Pronunciation: thay-ree-om-akh-eh'-o Phonetic Spelling: (thay-ree-om-akh-eh'-o) Definition: To fight with wild beasts Meaning: I fight with wild beasts (i.e. wild beasts in human form); met: I am exposed to fierce hostility. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from thérion and machomai Definition to fight with wild beasts NASB Translation fought with wild beasts (1), wild beasts (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 2341: θηριομαχέω 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, 1 Corinthians 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 [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 2 Corinthians 11:23ff Strong's Exhaustive Concordance fight with wild beasts. From a compound of therion and machomai; to be a beast-fighter (in the gladiatorial show), i.e. (figuratively) to encounter (furious men) -- fight with wild beasts. see GREEK therion see GREEK machomai Forms and Transliterations εθηριομαχησα εθηριομάχησα ἐθηριομάχησα etheriomachesa etheriomáchesa ethēriomachēsa ethēriomáchēsa Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance 1 Corinthians 15:32 V-AIA-1S GRK: κατὰ ἄνθρωπον ἐθηριομάχησα ἐν Ἐφέσῳ NAS: motives I fought with wild beasts at Ephesus, KJV: of men I have fought with beasts at INT: according to man I fought wild beasts in Ephesus Strong's Greek 2341 1 Occurrence ἐθηριομάχησα — 1 Occ.