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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary

1. (a.) Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports.

2. (a.) Befitting an athlete; strong; muscular; robust; vigorous; as, athletic Celts.

Greek

73. agon -- a gathering, contest, struggle
... struggle. Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: agon Phonetic Spelling:
(ag-one') Short Definition: a contest Definition: an (athletic) contest; hence ...
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75. agonizomai -- to contend for a prize, struggle
... agonizomai Phonetic Spelling: (ag-o-nid'-zom-ahee) Short Definition: I strive, contend
Definition: I am struggling, striving (as in an athletic contest or ...
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4735. stephanos -- that which surrounds, ie a crown
... 4735 -- properly, a wreath (garland), awarded to a victor in the ancient athletic
games (like the Greek Olympics); the crown of (versus 1238 , "a crown"). ...
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119. athlesis -- a contest
... Noun, Feminine Transliteration: athlesis Phonetic Spelling: (ath'-lay-sis) Short
Definition: a contest Definition: a struggling (as in an athletic contest). ...
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118. athleo -- to contend, wrestle
... Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: athleo Phonetic Spelling: (ath-leh'-o) Short
Definition: I compete Definition: I engage, compete, in an (athletic) contest ...
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Library

Spiritual Athletics
... you are in good spiritual condition, ready for the strain and effort which life
is sure to demand." We are often told in our day that the athletic ideal is ...
/.../peabody/mornings in the college chapel/vi spiritual athletics.htm

The Crown of Life
... exercise? It is not athletic prizes, or athletic glory; it is strength. ... strength.
The crown of athletic life is increase of athletic vitality. ...
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'Concerning the Crown'
... One of the most famous of the Greek athletic festivals was held close by Corinth.
Its prize was a pine-wreath from the neighbouring sacred grove. ...
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The Battle of Thermopylae.
... The Spartans were engaged, some of them in athletic sports and gymnastic exercises,
and the rest in nicely arranging their dress, which was red and showy in ...
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Under Ban of the Ritual
... The cut of the mouth and the warmth of its color gave seriousness, sensitiveness
and youthful tenderness to the face. Egypt was seldom athletic. ...
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The Organized Sunday School Bible Class
... Article VI"Committees. There shall be as many committees in the class as necessary,
such as Social, Literary, Music, Athletic, etc. Article VII"Meetings. ...
/.../alexander/the boy and the sunday school/viii the organized sunday school.htm

The Trinity.
... There is a strong man"health bursting, as it were, at every pore, with an athletic
body; but coarse, and rude, and intellectually weak"almost an animal. ...
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Reclaiming a Church to Meet a New Age
... Athletic grounds were secured together with a field-house, and Christ Church teams
won an enviable reputation for high standards of sportsmanship. ...
/.../herrick/frank h nelson of cincinnati/reclaiming a church to meet.htm

Blessed Adversity.
... rather see from the Word of GOD that He is like a glad father, delighting to be
able to encourage a strong healthy son to undertake some athletic feat which ...
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Change not Always Improvement.
... Asiatic practice! What hast thou, Libya, and thou, Europe, to do with athletic
refinements, which thou knowest not how to dress? For ...
/.../tertullian/on the pallium/chapter iv change not always improvement.htm

Thesaurus

Athletic (2 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) Of or pertaining to athletes or to the exercises
practiced by them; as, athletic games or sports. ...Athletic (2 Occurrences). ...
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Athlete (2 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Athlete (2 Occurrences). 1 Corinthians 9:25 But every
competitor in an athletic contest practices abstemiousness in all directions. ...
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Contest (7 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Contest (7 Occurrences). 1 Corinthians 9:25 But every
competitor in an athletic contest practices abstemiousness in all directions. ...
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Agony (20 Occurrences)
... 2. (n.) Pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar
to those made in the athletic contests in Greece; and hence, extreme pain of ...
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Athletics (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (n.) The art of training by athletic exercises; the games
and sports of athletes. Multi-Version Concordance Athletics (1 Occurrence). ...
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Greece (15 Occurrences)
... At Delphi his prophetic powers won great renown, but the Pythian games with their
contests in music, in rhythmic dancing, and in athletic sports were hardly ...
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Ancient (64 Occurrences)
... At Delphi his prophetic powers won great renown, but the Pythian games with their
contests in music, in rhythmic dancing, and in athletic sports were hardly ...
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Obeys (17 Occurrences)
... breaker? (WEY NIV). 2 Timothy 2:5 And if any one takes part in an athletic
contest, he gets no prize unless he obeys the rules. (WEY). ...
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Gymnasium
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A place or building where athletic exercises
are performed; a school for gymnastics. 2. (n.) A ...
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Wreath (21 Occurrences)
... man." (WEY). 1 Corinthians 9:25 But every competitor in an athletic contest
practices abstemiousness in all directions. They indeed ...
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Bible Concordance

Athletic (2 Occurrences)

1 Corinthians 9:25 But every competitor in an athletic contest practices abstemiousness in all directions. They indeed do this for the sake of securing a perishable wreath, but we for the sake of securing one that will not perish.
(WEY)

2 Timothy 2:5 Also, if anyone competes in athletics, he isn't crowned unless he has competed by the rules.
(Root in WEB WEY)

Subtopics

Athletic

Related Terms

Athlete (2 Occurrences)

Contest (7 Occurrences)

Agony (20 Occurrences)

Athletics (1 Occurrence)

Greece (15 Occurrences)

Ancient (64 Occurrences)

Obeys (17 Occurrences)

Gymnasium