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Bible Lexicons
Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary Greek Lexicon
Strong's #4438 - πυκτέω
Transliteration
pyktéō
Phonetics
pook-teh'-o
Origin
from a derivative of the same as (G4435)
Parts of Speech
verb
TDNT
6:915,973
Definition
- Thayer
- Strong
- Mounce
Thayer's
- to be a boxer, to box
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results

ASV (1)
1 Corinthians
1
BSB (1)
1 Corinthians
1
CSB (1)
1 Corinthians
1
ESV (1)
1 Corinthians
1
KJV (1)
1 Corinthians
1
LEB (0)
The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
LSB (1)
1 Corinthians
1
N95 (1)
1 Corinthians
1
NAS (1)
1 Corinthians
1
NLT (0)
The New Living Translation
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (1)
1 Corinthians
1
YLT (1)
1 Corinthians
1
Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions
πυκτ-εύω,
Boeot. πουκτ-,
box, spar, X. Lac. 4.6, D. 4.40; οὕτω πυκτεύω ὡς οὐκ ἀέρα δέρων 1 Corinthians 9:26; π. καὶ παγκρατιάζειν Pl. Grg. 456d; περὶ τεοῦς Ἑρμᾶς ποτ' Ἄρευα π. Corinn. 11; ἐς σὸν κρᾶτα π. strike with the fist on the head, E. Cyc. 229: generally, fight , ξιφήρη π. Hld. 10.31; of gladiators, Rev.Arch. 30(1929).24 ( Gortyn ): — Med. , πεπύκτευται αὐτόν Philostr. Im. 2.19 .
Thayer's Expanded Definition
πυκτεύω; (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.)
Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament
* πυκτεύω
(< πύκτης , a pugilist),
to box: 1 Corinthians 9:26.†
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
πυκτευω πυκτεύω pukteuo pukteuō pykteuo pykteuō pykteúo pykteúō