Strong G4866συναθλέω

to contend

Transliteration
sunathleō
Pronunciation
soon-ath-leh'-o
Morphology
Greek Verb

Definition

From G4862 and G118; to wrestle in company with that is (figuratively) to seek jointly: - labour with strive together for.

Detailed definition

συν-αθλέω, -ῶ
= συναγωνίζομαι: with dative commod., Php.1:27; with dative of person(s), before ἐν, Php.4:3.†
(AS)

In the Bible

Strong G4866 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • labour1
  • strive1

First verses

  1. Philippians 1:27
    Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;
  2. Philippians 4:3
    And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
συναθλέω,
={συναγωνίζομαι},{τινι} with one, [NT (NT.Phil.4.3)]; struggle together, τινι for a thing, [Refs ([prev. work] 1.27.)]
II impress by practice upon, μεταφορᾶς μνήμῃ συνηθλημένης [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Diodorus Siculus Historicus 3.4.)]