◄ 2341. thériomacheó ►
Strong's Concordance thériomacheó: to fight with wild beasts Original Word: θηριομαχέω Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: thériomacheó Phonetic Spelling: (thay-ree-om-akh-eh'-o) Short Definition: I fight with wild beasts Definition: I fight with wild beasts (i.e. wild beasts in human form); met: I am exposed to fierce hostility. 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 Strong's Greek 2341 1 Occurrence ἐθηριομάχησα — 1 Occ. 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 1 Occurrence