Strong’s G4438 · Greek

πυκτέω
pyktéō

Definition

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

Etymology

from a derivative of the same as G4435 (πυγμή);

Word family

How the KJV renders it

  • fight

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.