Exodus 32:18
And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
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Mastery
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1 Corinthians 9:25
And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
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ἀγωνίζομαι
agōnízomai · ag-o-nid'-zom-ahee
1 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to struggle, literally (to compete for a prize), figuratively (to contend with an adversary), or genitive case (to endeavor to accomplish something)
Strong's KJV usage: :--fight, labor fervently, strive.
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Strong's first: 1 Corinthians 9:25Strong's last: 1 Corinthians 9:25
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gᵉbûwrâh · gheb-oo-raw'
1 times translated as this KJV form61 total Strong's occurrences
force (literally or figuratively); by implication, valor, victory
Strong's KJV usage: force, mastery, might, mighty (act, power), power, strength.
Strong's first: Exodus 32:18Strong's last: Exodus 32:18
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ʻad · ad
1 times translated as this KJV form32 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: × and, at, for, (hither-) to, on till, (un-) to, until, within.
Strong's first: Daniel 6:24Strong's last: Daniel 6:24
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And he said, It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, neither is it the voice of them that cry for being overcome: but the noise of them that sing do I hear.
H5705
And the king commanded, and they brought those men which had accused Daniel, and they cast them into the den of lions, them, their children, and their wives; and the lions had the mastery of them, and brake all their bones in pieces or ever they came at the bottom of the den.
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And every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. Now they do it to obtain a corruptible crown; but we an incorruptible.
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mastery
M'ASTERY, noun Dominion; power of governing or commanding.
If divided by mountains, they will fight for the mastery of the passages of the tops--Raleigh
1. Superiority in competition; preeminence.
Every man that striveth for the mastery is temperate in all things. 1 Corinthians 9:25.
2. Victory in war.
It is not the voice of them that shout for mastery, Exodus 32:18.
3. Eminent skill; superior dexterity.
He could attain to a mastery in all languages.
4. Attainment of eminent skill or power.
The learning and mastery of a tongue being unpleasant in itself, should not be cumbered with other difficulties.--Locke
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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