Strong's Greek · G119

G119 áthlēsis

ἄθλησις

ath'-lay-sis

struggle

Looking for Hebrew H119 ʼâdam? It has the same number in Strong's Hebrew lexicon but is a different word, not a translation of G119. Strong's numbering starts again for each language.

áthlēsis appears once in Scripture, in Hebrews 10:32. In the Doxa app, open that verse, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

a struggle (figuratively)

In the King James Version

fight

Derivation

from G118 (ἀθλέω);

Appears 1 time in Scripture

Hebrews 10:32

“Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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