θεόμαχος

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From θεός (theós, “god”) +‎ μάχομαι (mákhomai, “I fight”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.má.kʰos/ → /θe.oˈma.xos/ → /θe.oˈma.xos/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /tʰe.o.má.kʰos/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /tʰe.oˈma.kʰos/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /θe.oˈma.xos/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /θe.oˈma.xos/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /θe.oˈma.xos/

Adjective

θεομᾰ́χος • (theomákhos) m or f (neuter θεομᾰ́χον); second declension

1. fighting against God
   • 125 CE – 200 CE, Lucian, Juppiter Trageodeus §45:

     οὐδὲ βροντῶντος ἄρα τοῦ Διὸς ἀκούεις, ὦ θεομάχε Δᾶμι;

     oudè brontôntos ára toû Diòs akoúeis, ô theomákhe Dâmi?

   • Acts of the Apostles 5:39
     «Εἰ δὲ ἐκ Θεοῦ ἐστιν, οὐ δύνασθε καταλῦσαι αὐτό, μήποτε καὶ θεομάχοι εὑρεθῆτε».

     «Ei dè ek Theoû estin, ou dúnasthe katalûsai autó, mḗpote kaì theomákhoi heurethête».

     “But if it be of God, ye cannot overthrow it; lest haply ye be found even to fight against God.”

Inflection

Second declension of θεομᾰ́χος; θεομᾰ́χον (Attic)

Number		Singular			Dual			Plural
Case/Gender		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter		Masculine / Feminine	Neuter
Nominative		θεομᾰ́χος theomákhos	θεομᾰ́χον theomákhon		θεομᾰ́χω theomákhō	θεομᾰ́χω theomákhō		θεομᾰ́χοι theomákhoi	θεομᾰ́χᾰ theomákha
Genitive		θεομᾰ́χου theomákhou	θεομᾰ́χου theomákhou		θεομᾰ́χοιν theomákhoin	θεομᾰ́χοιν theomákhoin		θεομᾰ́χων theomákhōn	θεομᾰ́χων theomákhōn
Dative		θεομᾰ́χῳ theomákhōi	θεομᾰ́χῳ theomákhōi		θεομᾰ́χοιν theomákhoin	θεομᾰ́χοιν theomákhoin		θεομᾰ́χοις theomákhois	θεομᾰ́χοις theomákhois
Accusative		θεομᾰ́χον theomákhon	θεομᾰ́χον theomákhon		θεομᾰ́χω theomákhō	θεομᾰ́χω theomákhō		θεομᾰ́χους theomákhous	θεομᾰ́χᾰ theomákha
Vocative		θεομᾰ́χε theomákhe	θεομᾰ́χον theomákhon		θεομᾰ́χω theomákhō	θεομᾰ́χω theomákhō		θεομᾰ́χοι theomákhoi	θεομᾰ́χᾰ theomákha
Derived forms		Adverb			Comparative			Superlative
		θεομᾰ́χως theomákhōs			θεομᾰχώτερος theomakhṓteros			θεομᾰχώτᾰτος theomakhṓtatos
Notes:		This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Related terms

• θεομᾰχέω (theomakhéō)

 

Further reading

• “θεόμαχος”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• θεόμαχος in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
• G2314 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible