Strong G4438πυκτεύω
to box
- Transliteration
- pukteō
- Pronunciation
- pook-teh'-o
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From a derivative of the same as G4435; to box (with the fist) that is contend (as a boxer) at the games (figuratively): - fight.
Detailed definition
πυκτεύω
(πύκτης, a pugilist),
to box: 1Co.9:26.†
(AS)
(πύκτης, a pugilist),
to box: 1Co.9:26.†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G4438 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fight1
First verses
- 1 Corinthians 9:26I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
Occurrences by book
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Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
πυκτ-εύω,
Boeotian dialect πουκτ-, box, spar, [NT+6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 4.6, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.40; οὕτω πυκτεύω ὡς οὐκ ἀέρα δέρων NT.1Cor.9.26; π. καὶ παγκρατιάζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 456d; περὶ τεοῦς Ἑρμᾶς ποτ᾽ Ἄρευα π. 6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica 11)]; ἐς σὸν κρᾶτα π. strike with the fist on the head, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 229)]: generally, fight, ξιφήρη π. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 10.31)]; of gladiators, [Refs (“Rev.Arch.” 30(1929).24 (from Gortyn))]:—middle, πεπύκτευται αὐτόν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.19.)]
Boeotian dialect πουκτ-, box, spar, [NT+6th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 4.6, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.40; οὕτω πυκτεύω ὡς οὐκ ἀέρα δέρων NT.1Cor.9.26; π. καὶ παγκρατιάζειν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 456d; περὶ τεοῦς Ἑρμᾶς ποτ᾽ Ἄρευα π. 6th c.BC: Corinna Lyrica 11)]; ἐς σὸν κρᾶτα π. strike with the fist on the head, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Cyclops” 229)]: generally, fight, ξιφήρη π. [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Heliodorus Scriptor Eroticus 10.31)]; of gladiators, [Refs (“Rev.Arch.” 30(1929).24 (from Gortyn))]:—middle, πεπύκτευται αὐτόν [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 2.19.)]