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Mastery
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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mas´tẽr - i , גּבוּרה , gebhūrāh , שׁלט , shelēṭ , Aramaic; ἀγωνίζομαι , agōnı́zomai , ἀθλέω , athléō ): "Mastery" occurs twice in the Old Testament and twice in the King James Version of the New Testament: in Exodus 32:18 ( gebhūrāh ,, "might"), "the voice of them that shout for mastery"; in Daniel 6:24 ( shelēṭ , "to have power"), "The lions had the mastery of them"; in 1 Corinthians 9:25 , agōnı́zomai , "to contend for a prize," to be a combatant in the public games, is translated "striveth for the mastery," the Revised Version (British and American) "striventh in the games"; and in 2 Timothy 2:5 , athléō , with the same meaning, is translated "strive for masteries," the Revised Version (British and American) "contend in the games." From the Greek we have the words "athlete," etc.
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Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. Entry for 'Mastery'. International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/isb/m/mastery.html. 1915.
