ΘΗΡΙΟΜΑΧΗΣΑΙ, θηριομαχησαι
THĒRIOMACHĒSAI, thēriomachēsai
Sounds Like: thay-ree-oh-ma-KAY-sai
Translations: to fight with wild beasts, to contend with wild beasts
From the root: ΘΗΡΙΟΜΑΧΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb meaning 'to fight with wild beasts' or 'to contend with wild beasts'. It combines 'θηρίον' (thērion), meaning 'wild beast', and 'μάχομαι' (machomai), meaning 'to fight'. It describes the act of engaging in combat or struggle against wild animals, often in a gladiatorial or metaphorical sense.
Inflection: Aorist, Active, Infinitive
Strong’s number: G2341 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Ignatius of Antioch
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΘΗΡΙΟΜΑΧΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΘΗΡΙΟΜΑΧΗΣΑ — I fought with wild beasts, I contended with wild beasts
- ἘΘΗΡΙΟΜΑΧΗΣΕΝ — he fought with wild beasts, he contended with wild beasts
- ΕΘΗΡΙΟΜΑΧΗΣΑ — I fought with wild beasts, I contended with wild beasts
- ΘΗΡΙΟΜΑΧΕΩ — I fight with wild beasts, I contend with wild beasts, I fight like a wild beast
- ΘΗΡΙΟΜΑΧΩ — I fight with wild beasts, I contend with wild beasts
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