Mastery
Mastery
master-i, , gebhurah, , shelet, Aramaic; , agonzomai, , athleo): Mastery occurs twice in the Old Testament and twice in the King James Version of the New Testament: in Exo 32:18 (gebhurah,, might), the voice of them that shout for mastery; in Dan 6:24 (shelet, to have power), The lions had the mastery of them; in 1Co 9:25, agonzomai, to contend for a prize, to be a combatant in the public games, is translated striveth for the mastery, the Revised Version (British and American) striventh in the games; and in 2Ti 2:5, athleo, with the same meaning, is translated strive for masteries, the Revised Version (British and American) contend in the games. From the Greek we have the words athlete, etc.