◄ 4438. pukteuó ►
Strong's Lexicon pukteuó: To box, to fight with fists Original Word: πυκτεύω Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: pukteuó Pronunciation: pook-tyoo'-o Phonetic Spelling: (pook-teh'-o) Definition: To box, to fight with fists Meaning: 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 Origin from puktés (a pugilist) Definition to box NASB Translation box (1). Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4438: πυκτεύω 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.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance 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 Forms and Transliterations πυκτευω πυκτεύω pukteuo pukteuō pykteuo pykteuō pykteúo pykteúō Links Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel Texts Englishman's Concordance 1 Corinthians 9:26 V-PIA-1S GRK: ἀδήλως οὕτως πυκτεύω ὡς οὐκ NAS: as not without aim; I box in such a way, KJV: uncertainly; so fight I, not as INT: uncertainly so I fight as not Strong's Greek 4438 1 Occurrence πυκτεύω — 1 Occ.