Words the Bible translates as struggle
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 8 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- agōnἀγώνa strenuous struggle: a hard, sustained contest against opposition, often carried on in public and pictured as an athletic match run toward a prize.
- agōnizomaiἀγωνίζομαιto contend with all your strength: to throw everything you have into a contest you mean to win
- natsahנָצָהto fight: to be locked against another party in an open struggle, most often two people coming to blows
+1 more meaning
- to be left in ruins: of a city or a countryside, knocked into heaps of rubble and emptied of people
- antagōnizomaiἀνταγωνίζομαιto struggle face-to-face against an opponent, the way a wrestler or fighter grapples with an adversary
- sarahשָׂרָהto contend with someone: to set yourself against another and hold out rather than give way
- athlēsisἄθλησιςstrugglenot studied yet
- palēπάληstrugglenot studied yet
- sunagōnizomaiσυναγωνίζομαιto strugglenot studied yet
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