On the ethical use of figures borrowed from the Greek Games cf. Historians today remember the ancient poet Hesiod as a true giant of ancient Greek literature. intense solicitude, anxiety: περί τίνος, Colossians 2:1 (cf. in the phrase (used by the Greeks, see τρέχω, b.) τρέχειν τόν ἀγῶνα, Hebrews 12:1, that is to say 'Amid all hindrances let us exert ourselves to the utmost to attain to the goal of perfection set before the followers of Christ' any struggle with dangers, annoyances, obstacles, standing in the way of faith, holiness, and a desire to spread the gospel: 1 Thessalonians 2:2 Philippians 1:30 1 Timothy 6:12 2 Timothy 4:7.ī. a contest, of athletes, runners, charioteers.

a place of assembly ( Homer, Iliad 7, 298 18, 376) specifically, the place in which the Greeks assembled to celebrate solemn games (as the Pythian, the Olympian) hence,Ģ.

It is very similar to the word eris, which is translated variance in the King James Version and was discussed in yesterday’s Sparkling Gem. The word strife comes from the Greek word eritheia. Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 73: ἀγώνġ. Strife: As Paul continues listing the works of the flesh, he next moves to the subject of strife. echthra Strongs Concordance echthra: enmity Transliteration: echthra Definition: enmity NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word.

Strife definition in greek