King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G2341
Transliteration: thēriomacheō
Phonetic Spelling: (thay-ree-om-akh-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to fight with wild beasts
Meaning: to fight with wild beasts
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
Word Summary
thēriomacheō: to fight with wild beasts
Original Word: θηριομαχέωTransliteration: thēriomacheō
Phonetic Spelling: (thay-ree-om-akh-eh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to fight with wild beasts
Meaning: to fight with wild beasts
Strong's 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
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2341: θηριομαχέωθηριομαχέω, 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