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Lexicon :: Strong's G2341 - thēriomacheō

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θηριομαχέω
Transliteration
thēriomacheō (Key)
Pronunciation
thay-ree-om-akh-eh'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
mGNT
1x in 1 unique form(s)
TR
1x in 1 unique form(s)
LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

θηριομαχέω thēriomachéō, thay-ree-om-akh-eh'-o; from a compound of G2342 and G3164; to be a beast-fighter (in the gladiatorial show), i.e. (figuratively) to encounter (furious men):—fight with wild beasts.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x

The KJV translates Strong's G2341 in the following manner: fight with beasts (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1x
The KJV translates Strong's G2341 in the following manner: fight with beasts (1x).
  1. to fight with wild beasts

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
θηριομαχέω thēriomachéō, thay-ree-om-akh-eh'-o; from a compound of G2342 and G3164; to be a beast-fighter (in the gladiatorial show), i.e. (figuratively) to encounter (furious men):—fight with wild beasts.
STRONGS G2341:
θηριομαχέω, -ῶ: 1 aorist ἐθηριομάχησα; (θηριομάχος); 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 θηριομαχεῖν in Ignatius ad Rom. 5, [etc.]; οἴοις θηρίοις μαχόμεθα 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 catalogue in 2 Corinthians 11:23ff.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Corinthians
15:32
2 Corinthians
11:23

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2341 matches the Greek θηριομαχέω (thēriomacheō),
which occurs 1 times in 1 verses in the TR Greek.

Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:32 - If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus with no more than human hopes, what have I gained? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”[fn]
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