Lexical Summary askeō: to practice, endeavor Original Word: ἀσκέωTransliteration: 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: ἀσκέωἀσκέω, 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. |