Strive – (v.) Struggle or fight vigorously; Make great efforts to achieve or obtain something.
God used this word in various forms 26 times in Scripture: 17 times to Israel in the Masoretic Text Old Testament, wherein all usages are in the sense of “struggle or fight vigorously”; twice to Israel in the Koine Greek Old Testament, wherein the sense in Matthew is “struggle or fight vigorously”, and the sense in Luke is “Make great efforts to achieve or obtain something”; and 7 times to the Body of Christ, wherein the first 5 usages are in the sense of “Make great efforts to achieve or obtain something”, and the second 2 are in the sense of “struggle or fight vigorously”.
See also Argue, Contend/Contentious, Debate, Strife