G2341
G2341 — θηριομαχέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
theriomacheo (thay-ree-om-akh-eh'-o) v.
1. to be a beast-fighter (in the gladiatorial show)
2. (figuratively) to encounter (furious men)
[from a compound of G2342 and G3164]
KJV: fight with wild beasts
Root(s): G2342, G3164
TWOT
Not assigned in current lawful mapping.
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KJV Renderings
fight with wild beasts
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
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, 1Co 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 5:1-21 [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 2Co 11:23 ff
Englishman's Greek Concordance
θηριομαχέω (fight with wild beasts)
1 Corinthians 15:32
- KJV: If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus what advantageth it me if the dead rise not let us eat and drink for to morrow we die
- GK: ει κατά άνθρωπον εθηριομάχησα εν Εφέσω τι μοι το όφελος ει νεκροί ουκ εγείρονται φάγωμεν και πίωμεν αύριον γαρ αποθνήσκομεν