πάλη: Difference between revisions

|txtha=παλης, ἡ (from [[πάλλω]] to [[vibrate]], [[shake]]), from Homer down, [[wrestling]] (a [[contest]] [[between]] [[two]] in [[which]] [[each]] endeavors to [[throw]] the [[other]], and [[which]] is [[decided]] [[when]] the [[victor]] is [[able]] θλίβειν καί κατέχειν his [[prostrate]] [[antagonist]], i. e. [[hold]] him [[down]] [[with]] his [[hand]] [[upon]] his [[neck]]; cf. [[Plato]], legg. 7, p. 796; [[Aristotle]], rhet. 1,5, 14, p. 1361b, 24; Heliodorus aethiop. 10,31; (cf. Krause, Gymn. u. Agon. d. Griech. i. 1, p. 400ff; Guhl and Koner, p. 219f; Dict. of Antiq. [[under]] the [[word]] lucta)); the [[term]] is transferred to the [[struggle]] of Christians [[with]] the powers of [[evil]]: Ephesians 6:12.