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STRONGS NUMBER G778

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Word Summary
askeō: to practice, endeavor
Original Word: ἀσκέω
Transliteration: askeō
Phonetic Spelling: (as-keh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to practice, endeavor
Meaning: to practice, endeavor
Strong's Concordance
exercise.

Probably from the same as skeuos; to elaborate, i.e. (figuratively) train (by implication, strive) -- exercise.

see GREEK skeuos

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 778: ἀσκέω

ἀσκέω, ἀσκῶ;

1. to form by art, to adorn; in Homer.

2. to exercise (oneself), take pains, labor, strive; followed by an infinitive (as in Xenophon, mem. 2, 1, 6; Cyril 5, 5, 12, etc.): Acts 24:16.



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