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Strong's #2313 - θεομαχέω
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θεομᾰχ-έω,
fight against God or the gods, E. Ba. 45, al., IA 1408; μὴ θεομάχει Men. 187, cf. Hp. 14, LXX 2 Maccabees 7:19, Plu. 2.168c, Arr. Epict. 3.24.24.
θεομαχέω, θεομάχω; (θεομάχος); to fight against God: Acts 23:9 Rec. (Euripides, Xenophon, Diodorus, others; 2 Macc. 7:19.)
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** θεομαχέω , -ῶ
(< θεομάχος ),
[in LXX: 2 Maccabees 7:19 *;]
to fight against God: Acts 23:9 (Rec.).†
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
For this verb (which is read in the TR of Acts 23:9, cf. 2 Maccabees 7:19) along with its corresponding subst. see Epict. iii. 24. 24 εἰ δὲ μή, θεομαχήσω, ἀντιθήσω πρὸς τὸν Δία, ἀντιδιατάξομαι αὐτῷ πρὸς τὰ ὅλα. καὶ τἀπίχειρα τῆς θεομαχίας ταύτης καὶ ἀπειθείας οὐ παῖδες παίδων ἐκτίσουσιν κτλ., and Menander Fragm. p. 54, No. 187—
μὴ θεομάχει, μηδὲ προσάγου τῷ πράγματι
χειμῶνας ἑτέρους, τοὺς δ᾽ ἀναγκαίους φέρε.
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