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Bible Lexicons
Old & New Testament Greek Lexical Dictionary Greek Lexicon 
Strong's #4438 - πυκτέω
Transliteration 
pyktéō
Phonetics
pook-teh'-o
				
					
					
				
	
Origin
from a derivative of the same as (G4435)
Parts of Speech
verb
TDNT
6:915,973
Definition   
		- Thayer
- Strong
- Mounce
Thayer's
			
			
		- to be a boxer, to box
Frequency Lists 
		- Book
- Word
- Parsing
Verse Results 
				
		ASV (1)
					
							1 Corinthians
							1
						
					BSB (1)
					
							1 Corinthians
							1
						
					CSB (1)
					
							1 Corinthians
							1
						
					ESV (1)
					
							1 Corinthians
							1
						
					KJV (1)
					
							1 Corinthians
							1
						
					LEB (0)
					The Lexham English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
					did not use
this Strong's Number
LSB (1)
					
							1 Corinthians
							1
						
					N95 (1)
					
							1 Corinthians
							1
						
					NAS (1)
					
							1 Corinthians
							1
						
					NLT (0)
					The New Living Translation
did not use
this Strong's Number
					did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (1)
					
							1 Corinthians
							1
						
					YLT (1)
					
							1 Corinthians
							1
						
					Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions
		πυκτ-εύω,
Boeot. πουκτ-,
box, spar, X. Lac. 4.6, D. 4.40; οὕτω πυκτεύω ὡς οὐκ ἀέρα δέρων 1 Corinthians 9:26; π. καὶ παγκρατιάζειν Pl. Grg. 456d; περὶ τεοῦς Ἑρμᾶς ποτ' Ἄρευα π. Corinn. 11; ἐς σὸν κρᾶτα π. strike with the fist on the head, E. Cyc. 229: generally, fight , ξιφήρη π. Hld. 10.31; of gladiators, Rev.Arch. 30(1929).24 ( Gortyn ): — Med. , πεπύκτευται αὐτόν Philostr. Im. 2.19 .
Thayer's Expanded Definition
		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.)
Thayer's Expanded Greek Definition, Electronic Database.
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Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament
		* πυκτεύω
(< πύκτης , a pugilist),
to box: 1 Corinthians 9:26.†
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
Copyright © 1922 by G. Abbott-Smith, D.D., D.C.L.. T & T Clarke, London.
List of Word Forms
		πυκτευω πυκτεύω pukteuo pukteuō pykteuo pykteuō pykteúo pykteúō