4438 - pukteuó

Strong's Concordance

Original word: πυκτέω
Transliteration: pukteuó
Definition (short): box
Definition (full): to box

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: from puktés (a pugilist)
Definition: to box
NASB Translation: box (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

From a derivative of the same as pugme; to box (with the fist), i.e. Contend (as a boxer) at the games (figuratively) -- fight.

see GREEK pugme

KJV: I therefore so run, not as uncertainly; so fight I, not as one that beateth the air:
NASB: Therefore I run in such a way, as not without aim; I box in such a way, as not beating the air;