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|strgr=from pallo (to [[vibrate]]; [[another]] [[form]] for [[βάλλω]]); [[wrestling]]: + [[wrestle]].
|strgr=from pallo (to [[vibrate]]; [[another]] [[form]] for [[βάλλω]]); [[wrestling]]: + [[wrestle]].
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{{Thayer
|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.
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