Quick Definition
Ibox
Strong's Definition
to box (with the fist), i.e. contend (as a boxer) at the games (figuratively)
Derivation: from a derivative of the same as G4435 (πυγμή);
KJV Usage: fight
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
πυκτεύω; (πύκτης a pugilist (see πυγμή, at the beginning)); to be a boxer, to box (A. V. fight): 1Co_9:26. (Euripides, Xenophon, Plato, Plutarch, others.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
πυκτεύω pykteuō 1x
to box, fight as a boxer, 1Co_9:26
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* πυκτεύω
( < πύκτης , a pugilist ),
to box: 1Co_9:26 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
πυκτεύω (~ πυκτέω ) [page 559]
With πυκτεύω = box in 1Co_9:26 , cf. the sepulchral epitaph Kaibel 291 .1 ὁ πυκ [τ ]ε [ύ ]σας [π ]ο [λλ ]άκις ἐν [σταδίοις . For subst. πύκτης cf. P Oxy VII. 1050 .15 (ii/iii A.D.), an account for games, in which payment is made Κώφῳ πύκ̣(τῃ ), and P Lond 1158 .6 (A.D. 226 227) (=III. p. 151) μακρὸς πύκτης , a tail boxer. In ib . 1178 .42 (A.D. 194) (= III. p. 217, Selections p. 100) notification is made of the admission to a Gymnastic Club of Ἑρμεῖνον , τὸν καὶ Μωρόν , [Ἑρμοπολείτην πύ ]κ̣την , Herminus, also called Morns, boxer of Hermopolis.
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
πυκτεύω
(πύκτης, a pugilist),
to box: 1Co.9:26.†
(AS)