θηριομαχέωthēriomachéō
GreekG23411 occurrences (KJV)
to be a beast-fighter (in the gladiatorial show), i.e. (figuratively) to encounter (furious men)
KJV renders it: fight with wild beasts
Where it appears
- 1 Cor 15:32If I fought with animals at Ephesus for human purposes, what does it profit me? If the dead are not raised, then “let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.