Lexicon pukteuó: to box Original Word: πυκτεύωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: pukteuó Phonetic Spelling: (pook-teh'-o) Short Definition: I box Definition: I box, am a boxer. HELPS word-Studies 4438 pyktéō – properly, to box ("fistfight"); (figuratively) to engage in spiritual warfare, giving all to be a victor in God's race of faith (used only in 1 Cor 9:26). NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom puktés (a pugilist) Definitionto box NASB Translationbox (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 4438: πυκτεύωπυκτεύω; ( πύκτης a pugilist (see πυγμή, at the beginning)); to be a boxer, to box ( A. V. fight): 1 Corinthians 9:26. ( Euripides, Xenophon, Plato, Plutarch, others.)
Strong's fight. From a derivative of the same as pugme; to box (with the fist), i.e. Contend (as a boxer) at the games (figuratively) -- fight. see GREEK pugme |
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