Quick Definition
πάλη, ης, ἡ n.f. a wrestling, struggle
Strong's Definition
from pallo (to vibrate; another form for 906); wrestling
KJV Usage: + wrestle
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ης
39.29 · Hostility, Strife · Strife, Struggle
to struggle, to fight to engage in intense struggle, involving physical or nonphysical force against strong opposition In a number of languages a marked distinction is made between physical fighting and nonphysical contending with someone. It is therefore often impossible to carry over any terminology involving war or physical struggling to contexts in which one is speaking of interpersonal hostility or contention.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πάλη, -ης, 9, (fr. πάλλω to vibrate, shake), fr. Hom. down, wrestling (a contest between two in which each endeavors to throw the other, and which is decided when the victor is able θλίβειν καὶ κατέχειν his prostrate antagonist, i. e. hold him down with his hand upon his neck ; ef. Plat. lege. 7 p. 796; Aristot. rhet. 1, 5, 14 p. 1361", 24; Heliod. aethiop. 10, 31; [ef. Krause, Gymn. τι. Agon. d. Griech. i. 1 p. 400 sqq.; Guhl and Koner p. 219 sq.; Dict. of Antiq. s. v. /ucta]); the term is transferred to the struggle of Christians with the powers of evil : Eph. Vie 152.
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πάλη palē 1x
wrestling; struggle, contest, Eph. 6:12*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* πάλη, -ης, ἡ
(< πάλλω, to sway)
wrestling, hence, generally, fight, contest: fig., of the spiritual combat of Christians, Eph 6:12.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πάλη, “wrestling”: Artem. p. 2551} ἀνδρῶν πάλη: cf. Prezsighe 67 85 (c. A.D. 100) π᾿ ᾳλαισταὶ κρίσεως ma πάλης. For the metaph. usage, as in Eph 61%, cf. a iv/vy A.D. homily P Oxy XIII. 16018 πνευματικ[ή ἐστιν ἡμῖν] ἡ πάλη. See also M. Anton. vii. 61 ἡ βιωτικὴ τῇ παλαιστικῇ ὁμοιοτέρα ἤπερ TH ὀρχηστικῇ. Παλαίστης in the literal sense of ‘‘ wrestler ’’ occurs in P Lond 11789 (a.p. 194) (=III. p. 217f.). MGr παλεύω, “ wrestle.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
πάλη (palē) — struggle. πάλη [ᾰ], ἡ,
__A wrestling, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; παίδων, ἐφήβων νεωτέρων, μέσων, πρεσβυτέρων, ἀνδρῶν π., [Refs 4th c.BC+] __A.2 generally, fight, battle, ἅπτειν πάλην τινί [Refs 5th c.BC+]