Lexicon athleó: to contend, wrestle Original Word: ἀθλέωPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: athleó Phonetic Spelling: (ath-leh'-o) Short Definition: I compete Definition: I engage, compete, in an (athletic) contest. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom athlos (a contest, struggle) Definitionto contend, wrestle NASB Translationcompetes (1), competes as an athlete (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 118: ἀθλέωἀθλέω, (ῶ; (1 aorist subjunctive 3 person singular ἀθλήσῃ); ( ἆθλος, a contest); to engage in a contest, contend in public games (e. g. Olympian, Pythian, Isthmian), with the poniard(?), gauntlet, quoit, in wrestling, running, or any other way: 2 Timothy 2:5; (often in classic authors who also use the form ἀθλεύω). (Compare: συναθλέω).
Strong's strive. From athlos (a contest in the public lists); to contend in the competitive games -- strive. |
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