verb
thēriomachamō
Strong’sG2341
I fight with wild beasts
stem thēriomach-once in the New Testament1 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
*† θηριομαχέω, -ῶ
(< θηρίον, μάχομαι),
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2341 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidthay-ree-om-akh-eh'-o
to be a beast-fighter (in the gladiatorial show), i.e. (figuratively) to encounter (furious men)
Fromfrom a compound of G2342 and G3164;
King Jamesfight with wild beasts.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
fight with wild beasts, NT+1st c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| thēriomachamaἐθηριομάχησα | happened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singular | fought wild beasts | 1× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 1 occurrence
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | thēriomachamō | thēriomachame | thēriomachami | thēriomachama1×ἐθηριομάχησα | thēriomachamē | thēriomachamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | thēriomachasō | thēriomachase | thēriomachasi | thēriomachasa | thēriomachasē | thēriomachaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | thēriomachatō | thēriomachate | thēriomachati | thēriomachata | thēriomachatē | thēriomachatelē |
| we 1st person plural | thēriomachanō | thēriomachane | thēriomachani | thēriomachana | thēriomachanē | thēriomachanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | thēriomachavō | thēriomachave | thēriomachavi | thēriomachava | thēriomachavē | thēriomachavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | thēriomachalō | thēriomachale | thēriomachali | thēriomachala | thēriomachalē | thēriomachalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | thēriomachameiō | thēriomachameia | thēriomachameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | thēriomachaseiō | thēriomachaseia | thēriomachaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | thēriomachateiō | thēriomachateia | thēriomachateiē |
| we 1st person plural | thēriomachaneiō | thēriomachaneia | thēriomachaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | thēriomachaveiō | thēriomachaveia | thēriomachaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | thēriomachaleiō | thēriomachaleia | thēriomachaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | thēriomachasōr | thēriomachasar | thēriomachasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | thēriomachatōr | thēriomachatar | thēriomachatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | thēriomachavōr | thēriomachavar | thēriomachavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | thēriomachalōr | thēriomachalar | thēriomachalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | thēriomachamoiō | thēriomachamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | thēriomachasoiō | thēriomachasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | thēriomachatoiō | thēriomachatoia |
| we 1st person plural | thēriomachanoiō | thēriomachanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | thēriomachavoiō | thēriomachavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | thēriomachaloiō | thēriomachaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | thēriomacharō | thēriomachari | thēriomachara | thēriomacharē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | thēriomacharōntos | thēriomacharintos | thēriomacharantos | thēriomacharēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
thēriomach 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
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
thēriomachama“fought wild beasts”happened · Iaorist active indicative 1st person singular1×
1 Corinthians 15:32ei kata anthrōpon thēriomachama en Efesa, tinem mi tem ofelem? …If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what …