G4438
G4438 — πυκτέω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
pukteo (pook-teh'-o) v.
1. to box (with the fist), i.e. contend (as a boxer) at the games (figuratively)
[from a derivative of the same as G4435]
KJV: fight
Root(s): G4435
TWOT
Not assigned in current lawful mapping.
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KJV Renderings
fight
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πυκτεύω; (πύκτης a pugilist (see πυγμή, at the beginning)); to be a boxer, to box (A. V. fight): 1Co 9:26. (Euripides, Xenophon, Plato, Plutarch, others.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
πυκτεύω (fight)
1 Corinthians 9:26
- KJV: I therefore so run not as uncertainly so fight I not as one that beateth the air
- GK: εγώ τοίνυν ούτω τρέχω ως ουκ αδήλως ούτω πυκτεύω ως ουκ αέρα δέρων