118 - athleó

Strong's Concordance

Original word: ἀθλέω
Transliteration: athleó
Definition (short): competes
Definition (full): to contend, wrestle

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from athlos (a contest, struggle)
Definition: to contend, wrestle
NASB Translation: competes (1), competes as an athlete (1).
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From athlos (a contest in the public lists); to contend in the competitive games -- strive.

References

Strong's 118: 3 Occurrences
KJV: And if a man also strive for masteries, yet is he not crowned, except he strive lawfully.
NASB: Also if anyone competes as an athlete, he does not win the prize unless he competes according to the rules.