Definition

to wrestle in company with, i.e. (figuratively) to seek jointly

Etymology

from G4862 (σύν) and G118 (ἀθλέω);

Word family

• σύν sýn
• ἀθλέω athléō

How the KJV renders it

• labour with
• strive together for

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.