ΣΥΝΠΑΛΑΙΟΝΤΑ, συνπαλαιοντα
SYNPALAIONTA, synpalaionta
Sounds Like: soon-pa-LAI-on-tah
Translations: wrestling with, struggling with, contending with
From the root: ΣΥΝΠΑΛΑΙΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'wrestling with' or 'struggling with'. It describes an ongoing action of engaging in a struggle or contest alongside someone or something. It is a compound word formed from 'σύν' (syn), meaning 'with' or 'together', and 'παλαιός' (palaios), meaning 'old' or 'ancient', but here derived from 'παλαίω' (palaio), meaning 'to wrestle'. Thus, it literally means 'to wrestle together with'.
Inflection: Present, Active, Participle, Accusative, Plural, Masculine or Neuter
Strong’s number: G4867 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
1 Enoch Greek Collection
- 1 Enoch — 15:11
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Enoch — 15:11
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΝΠΑΛΑΙΩ.
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.
- ΣΥΝΠΑΛΑΙΩ — to wrestle together, to struggle together, to contend with
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