noun · feminine

athlēsias

Greekἄθλησις (athlēsis)

Strong’sG119

a contest

stem athlēsi-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur

Translated as

struggle1×

What it means

*† ἄθλησις, -εως, ἡ

(< ἀθλέω),

a contest, combat, esp. of athletes; fig., a struggle: He 10:32 (for exx., v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G119 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidath'-lay-sis

a struggle (figuratively)

Fromfrom G118;

King Jamesfight.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Every form

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	athlēsias	athlēsiais
object accusative	athlēsian1×ἄθλησιν	athlēsiain
direct address vocative	athlēsiar	athlēsiair
of, belonging to genitive	athlēsiau	athlēsiaiu
to, for dative	athlēsia	athlēsiai

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

athlēsistem+agender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

athlēsia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

1 occurrence, every one of them listed

athlēsian“struggle”objectaccusative singular1×

Hebrews 10:32“struggle”Anamimnēskivōr de tain proterem hēmerain, en hai fōtiziratois pollan athlēsian hupomenava pathēmeiu,Remember the early days that you were in the light. In those days, you endured a great conflict in the face of suffering.