2001 Translation

ĒTHLĒSAN, ēthlēsan

Sounds Like: ay-THLAY-san

Translations: they contended, they struggled, they fought, they competed

From the root: ΑΘΛΕΩ

Part of Speech: Verb

Explanation: This word is the 3rd person plural aorist active indicative form of the verb ἀθλέω (athleō). It means to contend, struggle, fight, or compete, often in the context of an athletic contest or a spiritual struggle. It describes an action completed in the past by a group of people.

Inflection: 3rd Person Plural, Aorist, Active, Indicative

Strong’s number: G0118 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 5:2

From the same root

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

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.

• ΑΘΛ — to contend, to struggle, to compete, to fight, to strive
• ΑΘΛΕ — contend, strive, struggle, compete
• ΑΘΛΕΩ — to contend, to strive, to compete, to struggle
• ΑΘΛΗ — contends, struggles, competes, strives

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