◄ 118. athleó ►
Strong's Lexicon athleó: To contend, to strive, to compete Original Word: ἀθλέω Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: athleó Pronunciation: ath-leh'-o Phonetic Spelling: (ath-leh'-o) Definition: To contend, to strive, to compete Meaning: I engage, compete, in an (athletic) contest. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origin from athlos (a contest, struggle) Definition to contend, wrestle NASB Translation competes (1), competes as an athlete (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 118: ἀθλέω ἀθλέω, (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 Exhaustive Concordance strive. From athlos (a contest in the public lists); to contend in the competitive games -- strive. Forms and Transliterations αθλη αθλή ἀθλῇ αθληση αθλήση ἀθλήσῃ athle athlē athlêi athlē̂i athlese athlēsē athlḗsei athlḗsēi Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance 2 Timothy 2:5 V-PSA-3S GRK: δὲ καὶ ἀθλῇ τις οὐ NAS: anyone competes as an athlete, KJV: also strive for masteries, [yet] is he INT: moreover also content [in the games] anyone not 2 Timothy 2:5 V-ASA-3S GRK: μὴ νομίμως ἀθλήσῃ NAS: competes as an athlete, he does not win the prize KJV: crowned, except he strive lawfully. INT: not lawfully he shall have contended Strong's Greek 118 2 Occurrences ἀθλῇ — 1 Occ. ἀθλήσῃ — 1 Occ.