Strong G778ἀσκέω
to strive
- Transliteration
- askeō
- Pronunciation
- as-keh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Probably from the same as G4632; to elaborate that is (figuratively) train (by implication strive): - exercise.
Detailed definition
ἀσκέω, -ῶ
[in LXX: 2Ma.15:4 *;]
1. to adorn (poët.).
2. to practise, exercise (Hdt., Xen.).
3. to endeavour (Xen., al.): with inf., Act.24:16.†
(AS)
[in LXX: 2Ma.15:4 *;]
1. to adorn (poët.).
2. to practise, exercise (Hdt., Xen.).
3. to endeavour (Xen., al.): with inf., Act.24:16.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G778 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- exercise1
First verses
- Acts 24:16And herein do I exercise myself, to have always a conscience void of offence toward God, and toward men.
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀσκέω,
work raw materials, εἴρια, κέρα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.388, 4.110)]; work curiously, form by art, [κρητῆρα] Σιδόνες πολυδαίδαλοι εὖ ἤσκησαν[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 23.743; ἑρμῖν᾽ ἀσκήσας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.198)]; πτύξασα καὶ ἀσκήσασα χιτῶνα having folded and smoothed it,[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1.439; ἅρμα.. χρυσῷ καὶ ἀργύρῳ εὖ ἤσκηται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.438)]; χορὸν ἤσκησεν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 18.592; γόμφοις ἀ. 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 87)]: added in aorist participle to Verbs, [θρόνον] τεύξει ἀσκήσας elaborately, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.240; [χρυσὸν] βοὸς κέρασιν περίχευεν ἀσκήσας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.437; [ἑανὸν] ἔξυσ᾽ ἀσκήσασα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.179.)]
2 of personal adornment, dress out, trick out, ἀ. τινὰ κόσμῳ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.1; ἐς κάλλος ἀσκεῖ)]decks herself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1073; δέμας [prev. author] “Tr.” 1023:)] —frequently in passive, σκιεροῖς ἠσκημένα γυίοις furnished with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 61.4; πέπλοισι Περσικοῖς ἠσκημένη 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 182; οὐ χλιδαῖς ἠσκημένον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 452)]; of buildings, παστὰς ἠσκημένη στύλοισι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.169; Παρίῳ λίθῳ ἠσκημένα [prev. author] 3.57: _absolutely_, οἴκημα ἠσκημένον [prev. author] 2.130)]; σῶμα λόγοις ἠσκ. tricked out with words only, not real, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1217:)] —middle, σῶμ᾽ ὅπλοις ἠσκήσατο adorned his own person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1379, cf. Alcaeus161.)]
3 in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus)], honour a divinity, do him reverence, δαίμον᾽ ἀσκήσω θεραπεύων[Refs (“P.” 3.109; ἀσκεῖται Θέμις “O.” 8.22.)]
II practise, exercise, train, especially in Prose and Comedy texts, properly of athletic exercise,
II.1 with accusative of person or thing, ἀ. τὸν υἱὸν τὸν ἐπιχώριον τρόπον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 47; ἀ. τὰ σώματα εἰς ἰσχύν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.20, compare “Mem.” 1.2.19; ἐχθρὸν ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς τηλικοῦτον ἠσκήκαμεν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.28)]:—passive, σώματα εὖ ἠσκημένα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.41; εἰς ἀγῶνα ἄμεινον ἡμῶν ἤσκηνται 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.52; ἀσκεῖσθαι λέγειν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Demon.” 4; τὴν Κυνικὴν ἄσκησιν [prev. author] “Tox.” 27; λόγοις 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 45.2; ἐν παιδείᾳ [prev. author] 60.2; πρός τι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.54.)]
II.2 with accusative of the thing practised, ἀ. τέχνην, πεντάεθλον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.125, 9.33; λόγους 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 53a, 110; μανθάνειν καὶ ἀ. τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 509e)]; ἀ. παγκράτιον, στάδιον, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 795b, “Thg.” 128e; ἠσκηκέναι μηδεμίαν ἄσκησιν κυριωτέραν τῆς πολεμικῆς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1271b5: _metaphorically_, ἀ. τὴν ἀληθείην, δικαιοσύνην, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.209, 1.96; δίκαια 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 913; ἀρετήν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 853, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407a; κακότητα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1066 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 384; ἀσέβειαν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 476; τὰ δίκαια 4th c.BC: Crates Thebanus Poeta Philosophus 12; λαλιάν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 931 (_anapaest meter_): with double _accusative_, ἀ. αὑτόν τε καὶ τοὺς σὺν αὑτῷ τὰ πολεμικά 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.6.10.)]
II.3 with infinitive, ἄσκει τοιαύτη μένειν practise, endeavour to remain such, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1024; λέγειν ἠσκηκότες [prev. author] “fragment” 963; εὐσεβεῖν ἠσκηκότα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1067)]; ἀ. γαστρὸς κρείττους εἶναι, τοὺς φίλους ἀγαθὰ ποιεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.45, 5.5.12, compare “Mem.” 2.1.6)]; ἤσκει ἐξομιλεῖν παντοδαποῖς he made a practice of associating.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Ages.” 11.4.)]
II.4 absolutely, practise, go into training, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 389c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.29; οἱ ἀσκέοντες)]those who practise gymnastics, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 9; περὶ τὰς βαναύσους τέχνας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.20.9.)]
work raw materials, εἴρια, κέρα, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 3.388, 4.110)]; work curiously, form by art, [κρητῆρα] Σιδόνες πολυδαίδαλοι εὖ ἤσκησαν[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 23.743; ἑρμῖν᾽ ἀσκήσας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 23.198)]; πτύξασα καὶ ἀσκήσασα χιτῶνα having folded and smoothed it,[Refs 8th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 1.439; ἅρμα.. χρυσῷ καὶ ἀργύρῳ εὖ ἤσκηται 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 10.438)]; χορὸν ἤσκησεν[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 18.592; γόμφοις ἀ. 5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 87)]: added in aorist participle to Verbs, [θρόνον] τεύξει ἀσκήσας elaborately, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.240; [χρυσὸν] βοὸς κέρασιν περίχευεν ἀσκήσας 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 3.437; [ἑανὸν] ἔξυσ᾽ ἀσκήσασα 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 14.179.)]
2 of personal adornment, dress out, trick out, ἀ. τινὰ κόσμῳ[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.1; ἐς κάλλος ἀσκεῖ)]decks herself, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Electra” 1073; δέμας [prev. author] “Tr.” 1023:)] —frequently in passive, σκιεροῖς ἠσκημένα γυίοις furnished with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Empedocles Poeta Philosophus 61.4; πέπλοισι Περσικοῖς ἠσκημένη 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Persae” 182; οὐ χλιδαῖς ἠσκημένον 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 452)]; of buildings, παστὰς ἠσκημένη στύλοισι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.169; Παρίῳ λίθῳ ἠσκημένα [prev. author] 3.57: _absolutely_, οἴκημα ἠσκημένον [prev. author] 2.130)]; σῶμα λόγοις ἠσκ. tricked out with words only, not real, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1217:)] —middle, σῶμ᾽ ὅπλοις ἠσκήσατο adorned his own person, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Helena” 1379, cf. Alcaeus161.)]
3 in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus)], honour a divinity, do him reverence, δαίμον᾽ ἀσκήσω θεραπεύων[Refs (“P.” 3.109; ἀσκεῖται Θέμις “O.” 8.22.)]
II practise, exercise, train, especially in Prose and Comedy texts, properly of athletic exercise,
II.1 with accusative of person or thing, ἀ. τὸν υἱὸν τὸν ἐπιχώριον τρόπον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Plutus” 47; ἀ. τὰ σώματα εἰς ἰσχύν 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.20, compare “Mem.” 1.2.19; ἐχθρὸν ἐφ᾽ ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς τηλικοῦτον ἠσκήκαμεν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 3.28)]:—passive, σώματα εὖ ἠσκημένα[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 1.6.41; εἰς ἀγῶνα ἄμεινον ἡμῶν ἤσκηνται 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 9.52; ἀσκεῖσθαι λέγειν 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Demon.” 4; τὴν Κυνικὴν ἄσκησιν [prev. author] “Tox.” 27; λόγοις 2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 45.2; ἐν παιδείᾳ [prev. author] 60.2; πρός τι 1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 2.54.)]
II.2 with accusative of the thing practised, ἀ. τέχνην, πεντάεθλον, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.125, 9.33; λόγους 3rd c.AD: Democritus Epigrammaticus 53a, 110; μανθάνειν καὶ ἀ. τι 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 509e)]; ἀ. παγκράτιον, στάδιον, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Lg.” 795b, “Thg.” 128e; ἠσκηκέναι μηδεμίαν ἄσκησιν κυριωτέραν τῆς πολεμικῆς 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Politica” 1271b5: _metaphorically_, ἀ. τὴν ἀληθείην, δικαιοσύνην, 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.209, 1.96; δίκαια 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 913; ἀρετήν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 853, 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 407a; κακότητα 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Prometheus Vinctus” 1066 (Lyric poetry), compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Trachiniae” 384; ἀσέβειαν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Bacchae” 476; τὰ δίκαια 4th c.BC: Crates Thebanus Poeta Philosophus 12; λαλιάν 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Nubes” 931 (_anapaest meter_): with double _accusative_, ἀ. αὑτόν τε καὶ τοὺς σὺν αὑτῷ τὰ πολεμικά 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.6.10.)]
II.3 with infinitive, ἄσκει τοιαύτη μένειν practise, endeavour to remain such, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1024; λέγειν ἠσκηκότες [prev. author] “fragment” 963; εὐσεβεῖν ἠσκηκότα 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1067)]; ἀ. γαστρὸς κρείττους εἶναι, τοὺς φίλους ἀγαθὰ ποιεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 4.2.45, 5.5.12, compare “Mem.” 2.1.6)]; ἤσκει ἐξομιλεῖν παντοδαποῖς he made a practice of associating.., [Refs ([prev. author] “Ages.” 11.4.)]
II.4 absolutely, practise, go into training, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 389c, 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 2.1.29; οἱ ἀσκέοντες)]those who practise gymnastics, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “περὶ διαίτης ὀξέων” 9; περὶ τὰς βαναύσους τέχνας 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.20.9.)]