G0778
ἀσκέω
to strive
ἀσκέω, -ῶ [in LXX: 2Ma.15:4 * ;] __1. to adorn (poët.). __2. to practise, exercise (Hdt., Xen.). __3. to endeavour (Xen., al.): with inf., Act.24:16.† (AS)
Full Thayer's lexicon entry
ἀσκέω — askéō
ἀσκέω, 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.): Act 24:16.
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