Strong's Concordance athlésis: a contest Original Word: ἄθλησις, εως, ἡPart of Speech: Noun, Feminine Transliteration: athlésis Phonetic Spelling: (ath'-lay-sis) Short Definition: a contest Definition: a struggling (as in an athletic contest). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 119: ἄθλησιςἄθλησις, (εως, ἡ, contest, combat, (frequently from Polybius down); figuratively, ἄθλησις παθημάτων a struggle with sufferings, trials, Hebrews 10:32; (of martyrdom, Ignatius mart. 4; Clement, mart. 25). STRONGS NT 119a: ἀθροίζωἀθροίζω: perfect passive participle ἠθροισμένος; (from ἀθρόος, equivalent to θρόος (a noisy crowd, noise), with a copulative (see A, a, 2)); to collect together, assemble; passive to be assembled, to convene: Luke 24:33 L T Tr WH. ((Sophocles) Xenophon, Plato, Polybius, Photius, others; O. T. Apocrypha; sometimes in the Sept. for קָבַץ.) (Compare: ἐπαθροίζω, συναθροίζω). From athleo; a struggle (figuratively) -- fight. see GREEK athleo Englishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 1191 Occurrence ἄθλησιν — 1 Occ. Hebrews 10:32 N-AFS GRK: φωτισθέντες πολλὴν ἄθλησιν ὑπεμείνατε παθημάτων NAS: a great conflict of sufferings, KJV: a great fight of afflictions; INT: having been enlightened much conflict you endured of sufferings |
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