King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4438
Transliteration: pykteuō
Phonetic Spelling: (pook-teh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to box
Meaning: to box
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.)
Word Summary
pykteuō: to box
Original Word: πυκτεύωTransliteration: pykteuō
Phonetic Spelling: (pook-teh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to box
Meaning: to box
Strong's 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
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4438: πυκτεύωπυκτεύω; (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.)