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1.
(
0
, 73), akin to
, “to lead,” primarily “a gathering,” then, “a place of
assembly,” and hence, “a contest, conflict,” is translated “fight” in 1 Tim. 6:12; 2 Tim.
4:7. See
CONFLICT
.
2.
(
/
, 119) is translated fight in Heb. 10:32,
KJV
. See
CONFLICT
.¶
Note:
In Heb. 11:34,
, “war,” is translated “fight,”
KJV
(
RV
, “war”); it is
misrendered “battle” in the
KJV
of 1 Cor. 14:8; Rev. 9:7, 9; 16:14; 20:8.
B. Verbs.
1.
(
&
, 75), from A, No. 1, denotes (a) “to contend” in the
public games, 1 Cor. 9:25 (“striveth in the games,”
RV
); (b) “to fight, engage in conflict,”
John 18:36; (c) metaphorically, “to contend” perseveringly against opposition and
temptation, 1 Tim. 6:12; 2 Tim. 4:7 (cf. A, No. 1; in regard to the meaning there, the
evidence of
inscriptions is against the idea of games-contests); to strive as in a
contest for a prize, straining every nerve to attain to the object Luke 13:24; to put forth
every effort, involving toil, Col. 1:29; 1 Tim. 4:10 (some mss. have
here, “to
suffer reproach”); to wrestle earnestly in prayer, Col. 4:12 (cf.
$
, Rom.
15:30). See
LABOR
,
STRIVE
.¶
2.
$ $
(
!
, 4438), “to box” (from
$
, “a pugilist”), one of the events in
the Olympic games, is translated “fight” in 1 Cor. 9:26.¶
3.
(
1
, 3164), “to fight,” is so rendered in Jas. 4:2 (cf. “fightings,” v.
1, see below), and translated “strive” in 2 Tim. 2:24; “strove” in John 6:52; Acts 7:26.
See
STRIVE
.¶
4.
(
$
!
, 2341) signifies “to fight with wild beasts” (
, “a
beast,” and No. 3), 1 Cor. 15:32. Some think that the apostle was condemned to fight
with wild beasts; if so, he would scarcely have omitted it from 2 Cor. 11:23-end.
Moreover, he would have lost his status as a Roman citizen. Probably he uses the word
figuratively of contending with ferocious men. Ignatius so uses it in his Ep. to the
Romans.¶
Notes:
(1) In Rev. 2:16 and 12:7,
KJV
,
, “to war,” is translated “to fight,”
RV
,
“will make war,” “
7
to war,” and “warred.” (2) In Acts 23:9 some mss. have
the verb
, “to fight against God.” Cf. the corresponding adjective, below,
under
FIGHTING
.
FIGHTING
A. Noun.
(
1
, 3163), “a fight, strife” (akin to B, No. 3, under FIGHT), is always used
in the plural in the NT, and translated “fightings” in 2 Cor. 7:5; Jas. 4:1; and Titus 3:9,
RV
(for
KJV
, “strivings”); “strifes in 2 Tim. 2:23. See
STRIFE
.¶
B. Adjective.
(
, 2314), “fighting against God” (theos, “God,” and A, occurs
in Acts 5:39 (
KJV
, “to fight”), lit., “God-fighters.”¶
FIGURE