Greek

To contend

συναθλέωStrong’s G4866

sunathleō

Appears in 2 verses of the New Testament

In short

Sunathleō is the Greek word usually translated “striving together” and “labored together”. It appears in 2 verses of the New Testament.

“Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel;”

Philippians 1:27 KJV

Meaning

Usually translated “striving together” and “labored together”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated

striving together 1
labored together 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most

Philippians 2

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Related words

Explore in Scripture

Philippians 4:3And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

Greek dictionary

συναθλέω sunathleō · to contend

συν-αθλέω, -ῶ = συναγωνίζομαι: with dative commod., Php.1:27; with dative of person(s), before ἐν, Php.4:3.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “contend” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

CONTEND, verb intransitive

[Latin, to stretch. Gr., See Tend, Tenet.]

To strive, or to strive against; to struggle in opposition.“Distress not the Moabites, nor contend with them in battle” Deuteronomy 2:9
To strive; to use earnest efforts to obtain, or to defend and preserve.“Ye should earnestly contend for the faith once delivered to the saints” Jude 1:3
To dispute earnestly; to strive in debate.“They that were of the circumcision contended with him” Acts 11:2
To reprove sharply; to chide; to strive to convince and reclaim.“Then contended I with the rulers” Nehemiah 13:11

All definitions and other forms of “contend”

To strive in opposition; to punish.“The Lord God called to contend by fire” Amos 7:4
To quarrel; to dispute fiercely; to wrangle.

CONTEND, verb transitive

To dispute; to contest.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.