1) wrestling (a contest between two in which each endeavours to throw the other, and which is decided when the victor is able to hold his opponent down with his hand upon his neck)
1a) the term is transferred to the Christian's struggle with the power of evil
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Citing in TDNT: 5:721, 770
G3823
From πάλλω pallô (to vibrate; another form for G906); wrestling: - + wrestle.
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These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.
University of Chicago's Logion lexicon
Thayer's dictionary plus other information.
From this site's dictionary (in Italian)
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