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GAMES - G>@ - Among the Greeks the rage for theatrical exhibitions was such that every city of any size possessed its theatre and stadium. At Ephesus an annual contest was held in honor of Diana. It is probable that St. Paul was present when these games were proceeding. A direct reference to the exhibitions that I took place on such occasions is made in ( kjv@1Corinthians:15:32) St. Paul’s epistles abound with allusions to the Greek contests, borrowed probably from the Isthmian games, at which he may well have been present during his first visit to Corinth. These contests, ( kjv@1Timothy:6:12; kjv@2Timothy:4:7) were divided into two classes, the pancratium , consisting of boxing and wrestling, and the pentathlon , consisting of leaping, running, quoiting, hurling the spear and wrestling. The competitors, ( kjv@1Corinthians:9:25; kjv@2Timothy:2:5) required a long and severe course of previous training, ( kjv@1Timothy:4:8) during which a particular diet was enforced. ( kjv@1Corinthians:9:25-27) In the Olympic contests these preparatory exercises extended over a period of ten months, during the last of which they were conducted under the supervision of appointed officers. The contests took place in the presence of a vast multitude of spectators, kjv@Hebrews:12:1) the competitors being the spectacle. ( kjv@1Corinthians:4:9; kjv@Hebrews:10:33) The games were opened by the proclamation of a herald, ( kjv@1Corinthians:9:27) whose office it was to give out the name and country of each candidate, and especially to announce the name of the victor before the assembled multitude. The judge was selected for his spotless integrity; ( kjv@2Timothy:4:8) his office was to decide any disputes, kjv@Colossians:3:15) and to give the prize, ( kjv@1Corinthians:9:24; kjv@Philemon:3:14) consisting of a crown, ( kjv@2Timothy:2:6 kjv@2Timothy:4:8) of leaves of wild olive at the Olympic games, and of pine, or at one period ivy, at the Isthmian games. St. Paul alludes to two only out of the five contests, boxing and running, more frequently to the latter. The Jews had no public games, the great feasts of religion supplying them with anniversary occasions of national gatherings.

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(1.) Of children kjv@Zechariah:8:5; kjv@Matthew:11:16). The Jewish youth were also apparently instructed in the use of the bow and the sling kjv@Judges:20:16; kjv@1Chronicles:12:2).

(2.) Public games, such as were common among the Greeks and Romans, were foreign to the Jewish institutions and customs. Reference, however, is made to such games in two passages kjv@Psalms:19:5; kjv@Ecclesiastes:9:11).

(3.) Among the Greeks and Romans games entered largely into their social life. (a) Reference in the New Testament is made to gladiatorial shows and fights with wild beasts ( kjv@1Corinthians:15:32). These were common among the Romans, and sometimes on a large scale. (b) Allusion is frequently made to the Grecian gymnastic contests kjv@Galatians:2:2 kjv@Galatians:5:7; kjv@Philippians:2:16 kjv@Philippians:3:14; kjv@1Timothy:6:12; kjv@2Timothy:2:5; kjv@Hebrews:12:1 kjv@Hebrews:12:4, 12). These were very numerous. The Olympic, Pythian, Nemean, and Isthmian games were esteemed as of great national importance, and the victors at any of these games of wrestling, racing, etc., were esteemed as the noblest and the happiest of mortals.

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- Foot races kjv@1Corinthians:9:24-26; kjv@Galatians:2:2; kjv@Philippians:2:16; kjv@Hebrews:12:1
- Gladiatorial kjv@1Corinthians:1:9; kjv@1Corinthians:9:26; kjv@1Corinthians:15:32; kjv@2Timothy:4:7

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G1017 <STRGRK>@ βραβεῖον brabeion brab-i'-on From βραβεύς brabeus (an umpire; of uncertain derivation); an award (of arbitration) that is (specifically) a prize in the public games: - prize.

G1128 <STRGRK>@ γυμνάζω gumnazō goom-nad'-zo From G1131; to practise naked (in the games) that is train (figuratively): - exercise.

G118 <STRGRK>@ ἀθλέω athleō ath-leh'-o From ἄθλος athlos (a contest in the public lists); to contend in the competitive games: - strive.

G4438 <STRGRK>@ πυκτέω pukteō pook-teh'-o From a derivative of the same as G4435; to box (with the fist) that is contend (as a boxer) at the games (figuratively): - fight.

G4735 <STRGRK>@ στέφανος stephanos stef'-an-os From an apparently primary stepho (to twine or wreathe); a chaplet (as a badge of royalty a prize in the public games or a symbol of honor generally; but more conspicuous and elaborate than the simple fillet G1238) literally or figuratively: - crown.