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G118ἀθλέω athléō — to contend in the
competitive gamesG4438πυκτέω pyktéō — to box (with the fist), i.e.
contend (as a boxer) at the games (figuratively)G4735στέφανος stéphanos — a chaplet (as
a badge of royalty, a prize in the public games or a symbol of honor
generallyG1128γυμνάζω gymnázō — to practise naked (in the games), i.e. train
(figuratively)G1017βραβεῖον brabeîon — an award (of
arbitration), i.e. (specially) a prize in the public games
Verses(5+)
- VersePsalms 76:4You are resplendent with light, more majestic than mountains filled with game.
- VerseGenesis 25:28Because Isaac had a taste for wild game, he loved Esau; but Rebekah loved Jacob.
- VerseProverbs 12:27A lazy man does not roast his game, but a diligent man prizes his possession.
- VerseGenesis 27:3Take your weapons—your quiver and bow—and go out into the field to hunt some game for me.
- Verse1 Corinthians 9:25Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
Words (Strong's)(5)
- WordG118 ἀθλέω · athléō (Greek)to contend in the competitive games
- WordG4438 πυκτέω · pyktéō (Greek)to box (with the fist), i.e. contend (as a boxer) at the games (figuratively)
- WordG4735 στέφανος · stéphanos (Greek)a chaplet (as a badge of royalty, a prize in the public games or a symbol of honor generally
- WordG1128 γυμνάζω · gymnázō (Greek)to practise naked (in the games), i.e. train (figuratively)
- WordG1017 βραβεῖον · brabeîon (Greek)an award (of arbitration), i.e. (specially) a prize in the public games
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Authors(5+)
- AuthorPolycarp of SmyrnaPolycarp was bishop of Smyrna, a port city on the Aegean coast of Asia Minor and one of the seven churches addressed in Revelation. He was born around AD 69 and burned at the…
- AuthorMaximus of TurinMaximus was bishop of Turin, a garrison city in the foothills of the Alps on the road from Gaul into Italy. Roughly a hundred of his sermons survive, and they are the reason he…
- AuthorAthenagoras of AthensAround AD 177 a Christian in Athens wrote a formal petition to the emperor Marcus Aurelius and his son Commodus. He signed it Athenagoras, philosopher of Athens. Beyond the…
- AuthorJohn ChrysostomJohn was born at Antioch about 347. His father Secundus, an army officer, died while he was an infant; his mother Anthusa was widowed at twenty and refused to remarry so she…
- AuthorQuodvultdeusHis name means 'what God wills' — a real African Christian name of the period, not a title. He was born in North Africa around 390 and was a deacon at Carthage while Augustine…