Pyktéō — G4438

Definition

verb

to box (with the fist), i.e. contend (as a boxer) at the games (figuratively)

1. to be a boxer, to box (A. V. fight)

Usually translated as

fight

Origin

from a derivative of the same as G4435

• pygmḗ (G4435)

Occurrences

Pyktéō occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Corinthians (1)

• 1 Corinthians 9:26 — I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight (πυκτεύω) I, not as one that beateth the air: