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Bible Lexicons

Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary

Strong's #3823 - πάλη

Transliteration

pálē

Phonetics

pal'-ay

Origin

from pallo (to vibrate, another form for (G906))

Parts of Speech

Noun Feminine

TDNT

5:721,770

Definition

Thayer's

wrestling (a contest between two in which each endeavours to throw the other, and which is decided when the victor is able to hold his opponent down with his hand upon his neck)
1. the term is transferred to the Christian's struggle with the power of evil

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Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

KJV (1)

Ephesians

NAS (1)

Ephesians

HCS (1)

Ephesians

BSB (1)

Ephesians

ESV (1)

Ephesians

WEB (1)

Ephesians

Verse Results

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

πάλη [ᾰ]

(A), ἡ,

1. wrestling, Il. 23.635; ἢ πὺξ ἠὲ πάλῃ ἢ καὶ ποσίν Od. 8.206: κρατέων πάλα Pi. O. 8.20; νικᾶν πυγμὴν καὶ π. E. Alc. 1031. cf. Hp. Acut.(Sp.)62, Th. 1.6, Pl. Lg. 795b, Plu. 2.638d, Antyll. ap. Orib. 6.28.3; τίνα π. ἐμάνθανες; Ar. Eq. 1238; παίδων, ἐφήβων νεωτέρων, μέσων, πρεσβυτέρων, ἀνδρῶν π., SIG 959 (Chios), cf. IG 5(2).549.16,30 (Lycosura, iv B. C.), etc.

2. generally, fight, battle, ἅπτειν πάλην τινί A. Ch. 866 (anap.); π. δορός E. Heracl. 159.

πάλη [ᾰ]

(B) (or παλή acc. to Sch. Il. 10.7, to dist. it from foreg.), ἡ,

1. the finest meal, π. ἀλφίτου Hp. Mul. 1.64, cf. Ruf. Ren.Ves. 6.7, Arching. ap. Gal. 12.791; π. πυρίνη Lycus ap. Orib. 9.51.1; νάρθηκος πάλαι Zopyr. ap. eund. 14.61.1.

2. any fine dust, ἀνέπλησα τὠφθαλμὼ πάλης φυσῶν τὸ πῦρ Pherecr. 60, cf. Hsch. (Cf. Lat. pollen, pulvIsa)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

* πάλη , -ης , ἡ

(<πάλλω , to sway),

wrestling, hence, generally, fight, contest: fig., of the spiritual combat of Christians, Ephesians 6:12.†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.

Vocabulary of the Greek NT

lit. ";come in from the side."; The use of the verb in Romans 5:20 ";come in to the side of a state of things already existing"; (SH) shows that the idea of stealth is not necessarily present : cf. Vett. Val. p. 357.9 τοῦτο δέ μοι παρεισῆλθεν περὶ τῆς προκειμένης ἀγωγῆς. On the other hand with Galatians 2:4 ";who sneaked in to spy out our freedom"; Burton (ICC ad l.) compares such a passage as Luc. Asin. 15 εἰ λύκος παρεισέλθοι.

The corr. double compd. παρεξέρχομαι occurs in the late P Lond 1075.17 (vii/A.D.) (= III. p. 282) ἵνα μὴ τοῦ λοιπο [ῦ ] παρεξέλθῃ τοῦ σκοποῦ ὑμῶν.

List of Word Forms

παλη πάλη pale palē pále pálē

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