Quick Definition
ἀσκέω v. I train, practice, exercise
Strong's Definition
probably from the same as 4632; to elaborate, i.e. (figuratively) train (by implication, strive)
KJV Usage: exercise
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb
68.72 · Aspect · Do Intensely or Extensively
to do one’s best, to endeavor to engage in some activity, with both continuity and effort
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀσκός, -οῦ, 6, a leathern bag or bottle,in which water or wine was kept: Mt. ix. 17; Mk. ii. 22; Lk. v. 37 sq. (Often in Grk. writ. fr. Hom. down; Sept.) [BB.DD. 5. v. Bottle; Tristram, Nat. Hist. of the Bible, p. 92.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀσκέω askeō 1x
pr. to work materials; absol. to train or exert one’s self, make endeavor, Acts 24:16*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀσκέω, -ῶ,
[in LXX: II Mac 15:4*;]
to adorn (poët.).
to practise, exercise (Hdt., Xen.).
to endeavour (Xen., al.): c. inf., Ac 24:16.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀσκός. P Lond 402 verso? (B.c. 152 or 141) (ΞΞ 11. p. 11) ἀσκός = ‘‘leathern bag or bottle.” The word is used in the general sense ‘‘hide” or ‘‘skin” in P Fay 121° (c. A.D. 100) where a new and strong yoke-band is to b= selected ἐκ τῶν ἐν τῆι κειβωτῶι τῶν ἀσκῶν, ‘from those in the box of skins.” Add OG/S 629% (ii/A.p.) ἐν ἀσκοῖς] αἰγείοις, Cagnat III. ro56iil 46 (Palmyra, Trajan’s reign) τοῦ ἐν] ἀ[σ]κοῖς δυσὶ αἰγείοις ἐπὶ κ[αμήλου εἰσ]κομισθέντος : cf. above, 5,30. where the tax is defined ona load of μύρον, ἐΐν ἀλαβασ]τροῖς and one ἐν ἀσκοῖς] αἰγείοις respectively— the supplements come from the Latin. Cf. MGr ἀσκί (Zaconian αἰ" δ).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀσκέω (askeō) — to strive. ἀσκέω, work raw materials, εἴρια, κέρα, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; work curiously, form by art, [κρητῆρα] Σιδόνες πολυδαίδαλοι εὖ ἤσκησαν[Refs 8th c.BC+]; πτύξασα καὶ ἀσκήσασα χιτῶνα having folded and smoothed it,[Refs 8th c.BC+]; χορὸν ἤσκησεν[Refs 5th c.BC+]: added in aorist participle to Verbs, [θρόνον] τεύξει ἀσκήσας elaborately, [Refs 8th c.BC+]
2. of personal adornment, dress out, trick out, ἀ. τινὰ κόσμῳ[Refs 5th c.BC+]decks herself, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —frequently in passive, σκιεροῖς ἠσκημένα γυίοις furnished with.., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of buildings, παστὰς ἠσκημένη στύλοισι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; σῶμα λόγοις ἠσκ. tricked out with words only, not real, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —middle, σῶμ᾽ ὅπλοις ἠσκήσατο adorned his own person, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
3. in [Refs 5th c.BC+], honour a divinity, do him reverence, δαίμον᾽ ἀσκήσω θεραπεύων[Refs]
II. practise, exercise, train, especially in Prose and Comedy texts, properly of athletic exercise,
II.1. with accusative of person or thing, ἀ. τὸν υἱὸν τὸν ἐπιχώριον τρόπον[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, σώματα εὖ ἠσκημένα[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. with accusative of the thing practised, ἀ. τέχνην, πεντάεθλον, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. παγκράτιον, στάδιον, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. with infinitive, ἄσκει τοιαύτη μένειν practise, endeavour to remain such, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. γαστρὸς κρείττους εἶναι, τοὺς φίλους ἀγαθὰ ποιεῖν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἤσκει ἐξομιλεῖν παντοδαποῖς he made a practice of associating.., [Refs]
II.4. absolutely, practise, go into training, [Refs 5th c.BC+]those who practise gymnastics, [Refs 5th c.BC+]