Quick Definition
ἄθλησις, εως, ἡ n.f. a contest
Strong's Definition
from 118; a struggle (figuratively)
KJV Usage: fight
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄθλησις, -ews, 7, contest, combat, (freq. fr. Polyb. down) ; fig. ἄθλησις παθημάτων a struggle with sufferings, trials, Heb. x. 32; [of martyrdom, Ign. mart. 4; Clem. mart. 25].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἄθλησις athlēsis 1x
contest, combat, struggle, conflict, Heb. 10:32*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
*† ἄθλησις, -εως, ἡ
(< ἀθλέω),
a contest, combat, esp. of athletes; fig., a struggle: He 10:32 (for exx., v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἄθλησις. 720 XIV. 1102 (Rome, ii/A.p.). CP Herm 119 verso iii. 18 (a rescript of Gallienus), εὐδοκίμων κατὰ τὴν ἄθληστιν] γενομένων. Sy// 6865: (ii/A.D.) ἀξίως καὶ τοῦ Διὸς τοῦ ᾿Ολυμπίου καὶ τῆς ἀθλήσεως. Other words of this family are well evidenced. Thus OG/S 3397® (Sestos, ii/B.c.) τιθὲς ἄθλα πάντων τῶν ἀθλημάτων, with ἀθλητής, ἀθλόφορος, etc. ἀθροίζω. ? OGIS 764° (c. B.C. 127) Td... ἀθρο[ισθὲν πλῆθος]. P Par 404? (B.c. 156) χρήματα ἠ]θροικότες. For the adjective see P Petr IT. xi(1)? (iii/B.c.) (= Selections, p. 8) ἀθροῦν, “in a lump sum.” Cf. P Amh II. 79% (ii/a.p.) ἀθρόον ἀργύριον. On its form see Cronert Wem. Herc., p. 166.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἄθλησις (athlēsis) — struggle. ἄθλ-ησις, ἡ, contest, combat, especially of athletes, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]; κατὰ τὴν ἄ. 'in the athletic world', [Refs 3rd c.AD+]; training, practice, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
2. generally, struggle, trial, ἄ. ὑπομένειν[NT]