2001 Translation

ATHLĒSĒ, athlēsē

Sounds Like: ATH-lee-see

Translations: contest, struggle, combat, striving, suffering, athletic contest

From the root: ΑΘΛΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a struggle, contest, or combat, often implying a significant effort or even suffering. It can be used in the context of an athletic competition or a more general spiritual or moral struggle.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine

Strong’s number: G0119 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• 2 Timothy — 2:5

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΘΛΟΣ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ἈΘΛΗ — contest, struggle, a contest, a struggle
• ἈΘΛΟΥ — of a contest, of a struggle, of a labor, of a feat, of a trial, of an effort, of a prize
• ΑΘΛΗΜΑ — contest, struggle, conflict, prize of contest, a contest, a struggle
• ΑΘΛΟΣ — contest, struggle, labor, toil, a contest, a struggle, a labor

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