“to engage in a contest” (cp. Eng., “athlete”), “to contend in public games,” is used in 2Ti 2:5<\/span>, RV, “contend in the games,” for the AV, “strive for the masteries.” See STRIVE. <\/p>\n Note: In 1Co 9:25<\/span>, the verb agonizomai, “to strive,” is used in the same connection, RV, “striveth in the games.” Cp. No. 3. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n lit., “to separate throughout or wholly” (dia, “asunder,” krino, “to judge,” from a root kri—, meaning “separation”), then, to distinguish, decide, signifies, in the Middle Voice, “to separate oneself from, or to contend with,” as did the circumcisionists with Peter, Act 11:2<\/span>; as did Michael with Satan, Jud 1:9<\/span>. See RV marg. of Jud 1:22<\/span>, where the thought may be that of differing in opinion. See DIFFER, DISCERN, DOUBT, JUDGE, PARTIAL, STAGGER, WAVER. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n signifies “to contend about a thing, as a combatant” (epi, “upon or about,” intensive, agon, “a contest”), “to contend earnestly,” Jud 1:3<\/span>. The word “earnestly” is added to convey the intensive force of the preposition. <\/p>\n Contend (-ing) “to engage in a contest” (cp. Eng., “athlete”), “to contend in public games,” is used in 2Ti 2:5, RV, “contend in the games,” for the AV, “strive for the masteries.” See STRIVE. Note: In 1Co 9:25, the verb agonizomai, “to strive,” is used in the same connection, RV, “striveth in the games.” Cp. … Continue reading “Contend (-ing)”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38440","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38440"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38440\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: Vine’s Dictionary of New Testament Words<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"