Compete
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(v. i.) To contend emulously; to seek or strive for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one another.
Greek
4866. sunathleo -- to strive with
... to strive with. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: sunathleo Phonetic Spelling:
(soon-ath-leh'-o) Short Definition: I compete together with others Definition ...
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118. athleo -- to contend, wrestle
... to contend, wrestle. Part of Speech: Verb Transliteration: athleo Phonetic Spelling:
(ath-leh'-o) Short Definition: I compete Definition: I engage, compete, in ...
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75. agonizomai -- to contend for a prize, struggle
... From agon; to struggle, literally (to compete for a prize), figuratively (to contend
with an adversary), or genitive case (to endeavor to accomplish something ...
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Strong's Hebrew
2734. charah -- to burn or be kindled with anger
... 1), angry (18), angry* (5), became (1), became angry (4), became furious (1),
became...angry (3), burn (5), burned (29), burns (1), compete (1), competing (1 ...
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Library

That we Need Only to Read History in Order to See what Calamities ...
... Chapter 3."That We Need Only to Read History in Order to See What Calamities the
Romans Suffered Before the Religion of Christ Began to Compete with the ...
//christianbookshelf.org/augustine/city of god/chapter 3 that we need only.htm

Christmas Day
... owns no good save ease, no ill save pain, No purpose, save its share in that wild
war In which, through countless ages, living things Compete in internecine ...
//christianbookshelf.org/kingsley/andromeda and other poems/christmas day.htm

The Five Books Against Marcion
... Marcion's Scheme Absurdly Defective, Not Furnishing Evidence for His New God's
Existence, Which Should at Least Be Able to Compete with the Full Evidence of ...
//christianbookshelf.org/tertullian/the five books against marcion/

Emancipation --Black and White.
... disabilities are removed, and our prognathous relative has a fair field and no favour,
as well as no oppressor, he will be able to compete successfully with ...
/.../huxley/lay sermons addresses and reviews/ii emancipationblack and white.htm

Book Four this is the Story of his Years among the Manicheans. ...
... 3. I remember too that, when I decided to compete for a theatrical prize, some
magician"I do not remember him now"asked me what I would give him to be ...
/.../augustine/confessions and enchiridion/book four this is the.htm

Of Boasting.
... rendering a man so inconsiderable; for it sets him above the meaner sort of company,
and makes him intolerable to the better, and to compete the parallel, he ...
/.../allestree/the government of the tongue/section ix of boasting.htm

Hallowed be Thy Name
... of God, conceiving of Him in various ways, but not all of what He is, for few and,
be it said, fewer than few are they who comprehend His compete holiness"we ...
/...//christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen on prayer/chapter xiv hallowed be thy.htm

The Adventures of Saint David of Wales.
... prepared, at which all the chief lords and nobles of the realm were present, when
huge beakers of rosy wine were quaffed; nor could anyone compete with Saint ...
/.../kingston/the seven champions of christendom/chapter ten the adventures of.htm

The Dutch Calvinist Colony on the Hudson and the Swedish Lutheran ...
... taking root in the soil. With all its advantages, the Dutch colony could
not compete with New England. [37] To meet this difficulty ...
/.../bacon/a history of american christianity/chapter vii the dutch calvinist.htm

The Early Fathers Appealed To, and Observed to Bear Favourable ...
... us. 4. Of course, if we possessed copies of the Gospels coeval with their
authors, nothing could compete with such evidence. But ...
/.../chapter iii the early fathers.htm

Thesaurus
Compete (3 Occurrences)
... for the same thing, position, or reward for which another is striving; to contend
in rivalry, as for a prize or in business; as, tradesmen compete with one ...
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Compensation (3 Occurrences)

/c/compensation.htm - 8k

Oppose (29 Occurrences)
... bill in Congress. 4. (n.) To compete with; to strive against; as, to oppose
a rival for a prize. 5. (vi) To be set opposite. 6. (vi ...
/o/oppose.htm - 15k

Dye (1 Occurrence)
... by modern chemists, but it is of historical interest only, in the light of the
discovery of modern artificial dyes with which it could not compete commercially ...
/d/dye.htm - 15k

Dyeing
... by modern chemists, but it is of historical interest only, in the light of the
discovery of modern artificial dyes with which it could not compete commercially ...
/d/dyeing.htm - 14k

Mate (9 Occurrences)
... surgeon's mate. 10. (vt) To match; to marry. 11. (vt) To match one's self
against; to oppose as equal; to compete with. 12. (vi) To ...
/m/mate.htm - 10k

Brick (10 Occurrences)
... fact that the government pressed into service her Asiatic captives, among whom were
the Children of Israel, made it impossible for independent makers to compete...
/b/brick.htm - 15k

Competed (1 Occurrence)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary (imp. & pp) of Compete. Multi-Version Concordance
Competed (1 Occurrence). 2 Timothy 2:5 Also, if anyone ...
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Abandon (31 Occurrences)
... Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (n.) A lack of inhibition; as, to compete
with reckless abandon. 2. (vt) To give up absolutely; to ...
/a/abandon.htm - 15k

Strive (64 Occurrences)
... 3. (vi) To vie; to compete; to be a rival. 4. (n.) An effort; a striving. 5. (n.)
Strife; contention. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. STRIVE. striv. ...
/s/strive.htm - 25k

Resources
What does the Bible say about competition? | GotQuestions.org

Can a Christian woman consider getting breast implants / breast augmentation? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean that God is the God of gods and Lord of lords? | GotQuestions.org

Compete: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Compete (3 Occurrences)

1 Corinthians 9:24
Do you not see that in a running competition all take part, but only one gets the reward? So let your minds be fixed on the reward.
(See RSV)

Jeremiah 12:5
If running with the fighting-men has made you tired, how will you be able to keep up with horses? and if in a land of peace you go in flight, what will become of you in the thick growth of Jordan?
(See NAS RSV NIV)

Jeremiah 22:15
Shall you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn't your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.
(See RSV)

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