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Wrestle, Wrestling

Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: πάλη

(Strong's #3823 — Noun Feminine — pale — pal'-ay )

"a wrestling" (akin to pallo, "to sway, vibrate"), is used figuratively in Ephesians 6:12 , of the spiritual conflict engaged in by believers, RV, "(our) wrestling," AV, "(we) wrestle."

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Wrestle, Wrestling'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​w/wrestle-wrestling.html. 1940.
 
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