ἀσκέω
askéō · G778 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to do one’s best, to endeavor
To engage in some activity, with both continuity and effort
ExamplesActs 24:16 “In view of this I also do my best to maintain a blameless conscience both before God and before other people, always.
How it’s used In 3 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Who or what does itSubject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἔχωto have 1
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνin+ οὗτοςthis 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- γυμνάζω gymnázō · G1128 · to discipline oneself, to keep oneself disciplined, to train
- Greek verb denoting disciplined training or exercise, particularly in moral or spiritual discipline; closely overlaps with ἀσκέω in the sense of rigorous self-discipline and practice.
- μελετάω meletáō · G3191 · to ponder, to let one’s mind dwell on, to keep thinking about
- Greek verb denoting careful attention and practice, often in the sense of revolving a matter in the mind or cultivating a skill through diligent effort; shares with ἀσκέω the nuance of deliberate, ongoing practice toward self-discipline or virtue.
Contrasting words 1 word
- ἀμελέω ameléō · G272 · to neglect, to disregard, to pay no attention to
- Greek verb meaning to neglect or fail to care for something; the lexical opposite of the diligent striving and careful training denoted by ἀσκέω.
In the other Testament 1 word
- לָמַד lâmad · H3925 · learn, to teach, to instruct
- Hebrew verb denoting to learn or train oneself in a discipline or skill, used as a translation equivalent for the sense of disciplined training or practice that ἀσκέω conveys.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To do one’s best, to endeavor68.72
- Used by Paul in Acts 24:16 of his effort to maintain a blameless conscience before God and men.
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἀσκῶ; 1. to form by art, to adorn; in Homer. 2. to exercise (oneself), take pains, labor,…
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.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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