ἈΣΚΩ, ἀσκω
ASKŌ, askō
Sounds Like: as-KŌ
Translations: I practice, I exercise, I train, I observe, I keep, I devote myself
From the root: ἈΣΚΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word describes the act of practicing, exercising, or training oneself in a particular skill, discipline, or way of life. It can also refer to observing or keeping a custom or law, or devoting oneself to a specific pursuit. It implies diligent effort and application.
Inflection: First Person, Singular, Present, Active, Indicative
Strong’s number: G0796 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 1 — 12:217
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Job — 13:28
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- Acts — 24:16
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΣΚΕΩ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΣΚΕΙΝ — to practice, to exercise, to train, to observe, to keep, to perform, to cultivate, to devote oneself to
- ἈΣΚΟΥΝΤΑΣ — practicing, exercising, training, performing, observing, those practicing, those exercising
- ἈΣΚΟΥΝΤΙ — to one practicing, to one exercising, to one training, for one practicing, for one exercising, for one training
- ἨΣΚΗΚΩΣ — having practiced, having trained, having exercised, having disciplined oneself
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