Strong G72ἀγωγή
self-conduct
- Transliteration
- agōgē
- Pronunciation
- ag-o-gay'
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
Reduplicated from G71; a bringing up that is mode of living: - manner of life.
Detailed definition
ἀγωγή, -ῆς, ἡ
(ἄγω), [in LXX: Est.2:20 10:3, 2Ma.4:16 6:8 11:24, 3Ma.4:10 *;]
1. a carrying away.
2. a leading, guiding; metaphorically, training; hence, from the expression ἀ. τοῦ βίου, absol., conduct, way of life: 2Ti.3:10 (Cremer, 61; MM, VGT, see word).
† (AS)
(ἄγω), [in LXX: Est.2:20 10:3, 2Ma.4:16 6:8 11:24, 3Ma.4:10 *;]
1. a carrying away.
2. a leading, guiding; metaphorically, training; hence, from the expression ἀ. τοῦ βίου, absol., conduct, way of life: 2Ti.3:10 (Cremer, 61; MM, VGT, see word).
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G72 appears in 1 verse of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- life1
First verses
- 2 Timothy 3:10But thou hast fully known my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, charity, patience,
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀγωγή, ἡ,
(ἄγω) carrying away, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.85, etc.)]; freight, carriage, πρὸς τὰς ἀγωγὰς.. χρῆσθαι ὑποζυγίοις[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 370e, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 7.5, “PLond.” 3.948.2 (3rd c.AD).)]
b intransitive, τὴν ἀ. διὰ τάχους ἐποιεῖτο pursued his voyage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.29 (variant))]; movement, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 604b)]; ἀ. ἐπί τι tendency towards.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.1.)]
2 bringing to or in, ὑμῶν ἡ ἐς τοὺς ὀλίγους ἀ. your bringing us before the council, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.85.)]
3 forcible seizure, carrying off, abduction, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1263, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 662; ἀγωγὴν ποιήσασθαι “PTeb.” 39.22 (2nd c.BC), compare 48.22.)]
4 ὕδατος ἀγωγαί aqueducts, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 12(5).872 (from Tenos), compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.67.)]
5 load, [Refs (Ostr. 1168)]; weight, [Refs (AB 333.)]
6 winding up of engine, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 57.13 (_plural_).)]
7 drawing of lines, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in primum Euclidis librum commentarius” pp.284,376F.)]
8 evoking, πνευμάτων[Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 3.6 (_plural_).)]
8.b spell for bringing a person, usually love-charm, [Refs (PMag.Par. 1.1390.)]
II leading, guidance, ἵππου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 6.4; ἡ τοῦ νόμου, τοῦ λογισμοῦ ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 645a, compare “Plt.” 274b.)]
II.2 leading of an army, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 746e (_plural_))]; ἀ. στραταρχίας conduct of an expedition, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 339.29; ἡ ἀ. τῶν πραγμάτων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.8.5.)]
II.3 direction, training, παιδεία μέν ἐσθ᾽ ἡ παίδων ὁλκή τε καὶ ἀ. πρὸς τὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου λόγον ὀρθὸν εἰρημένον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 659d, compare 819a; ἀ. ὀρθῆς τυχεῖν πρὸς ἀρετήν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1179b31; διὰ τὸ ἦθος καὶ τὴν ἀ. [prev. author] “Pol.” 1292b14, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Cleanthes Stoicus 1.107)]: in plural, systems of education, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.173)]; especially of the public education of the Spartan youth, Λακωνικὴ ἀ.[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.32.1; Ἀγησίλαος ἤχθη τὴν λεγομένην ἀγωγὴν ἐν Δακεδαίμονι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agesilaus” 1)]; ἀ. στοιχειώδης elementary course, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Apollonius Pergaeus Geometra “Conica” 1)] Praef.:—also of plants, culture, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.3.2)]; of diseases, treatment, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.414, 15.436.)]
II.4 way of life, conduct, Archyt cited in [NT+3rd c.BC+ (5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 2.31.120 (_plural_), “PTeb.” 24.57 (2nd c.BC), “OGI” 223.15 (Erythrae, 3rd c.BC), LXX.2Mac.6.8, NT.2Tim.3.10, 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 1.6.)]
II.5 keeping, observance, ἡμερῶν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Rhythmica” 2.37; μηνῶν 1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 8.48.)]
II.6 generally, method, construction (of a law), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1375b12)]; style, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Isocrate” 20, +others; ἡ ἀ. τῶν διαλέκτων 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.1.41.)]
II.7 method of proof, especially of syllogistic reasoning, λόγοι τὰς ἀγωγὰς ὑγιεῖς ἔχοντες[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.84, compare 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 759.14)]; line of argument, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.106b.)]
II.8 school of philosophers, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Sto.Herc.” 339.12, “Acad.Ind.” p.68 M., 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.145, etc.)]
II.9 Milit., manoeuvre, movement, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 12.7 and 10)]; order of march, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work]11.8,compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 39.1.)]
II.10 in Law, = Latin actio, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-6th c.AD: Codex Justinianus 4.24.1, +others)]
III tempo, in music, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 400c (_plural_), 4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Harmonica” p.34 M., 3rd c.AD(?): Aristides Quintilianus Musicus 1.19)]; sequence, of a melody, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Harmonica” p.29 M.)]; musical style, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.1.41, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1141c.)]
(ἄγω) carrying away, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.85, etc.)]; freight, carriage, πρὸς τὰς ἀγωγὰς.. χρῆσθαι ὑποζυγίοις[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 370e, compare 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Respublica Lacedaemoniorum” 7.5, “PLond.” 3.948.2 (3rd c.AD).)]
b intransitive, τὴν ἀ. διὰ τάχους ἐποιεῖτο pursued his voyage, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.29 (variant))]; movement, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 604b)]; ἀ. ἐπί τι tendency towards.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Hippocrates Medicus “ἐπιδημίαι” 1.1.)]
2 bringing to or in, ὑμῶν ἡ ἐς τοὺς ὀλίγους ἀ. your bringing us before the council, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.85.)]
3 forcible seizure, carrying off, abduction, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1263, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Coloneus” 662; ἀγωγὴν ποιήσασθαι “PTeb.” 39.22 (2nd c.BC), compare 48.22.)]
4 ὕδατος ἀγωγαί aqueducts, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 12(5).872 (from Tenos), compare 1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 3.67.)]
5 load, [Refs (Ostr. 1168)]; weight, [Refs (AB 333.)]
6 winding up of engine, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Philo Mechanicus “(Belopoeica) Excerpte aus Philons Mechanik - Ath. Berl. Akad.” 57.13 (_plural_).)]
7 drawing of lines, [Refs 5th c.AD+ (5th c.AD: Proclus Philosophus “in primum Euclidis librum commentarius” pp.284,376F.)]
8 evoking, πνευμάτων[Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th c.AD: Iamblichus Philosophus “de Mysteriis” 3.6 (_plural_).)]
8.b spell for bringing a person, usually love-charm, [Refs (PMag.Par. 1.1390.)]
II leading, guidance, ἵππου[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “de Equitandi ratione” 6.4; ἡ τοῦ νόμου, τοῦ λογισμοῦ ἀ. 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 645a, compare “Plt.” 274b.)]
II.2 leading of an army, [Refs ([prev. author] “Lg.” 746e (_plural_))]; ἀ. στραταρχίας conduct of an expedition, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.AD: Vettius Valens Astrologus 339.29; ἡ ἀ. τῶν πραγμάτων 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 3.8.5.)]
II.3 direction, training, παιδεία μέν ἐσθ᾽ ἡ παίδων ὁλκή τε καὶ ἀ. πρὸς τὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου λόγον ὀρθὸν εἰρημένον[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 659d, compare 819a; ἀ. ὀρθῆς τυχεῖν πρὸς ἀρετήν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1179b31; διὰ τὸ ἦθος καὶ τὴν ἀ. [prev. author] “Pol.” 1292b14, compare 4th-3rd c.BC: Cleanthes Stoicus 1.107)]: in plural, systems of education, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 3.173)]; especially of the public education of the Spartan youth, Λακωνικὴ ἀ.[Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.32.1; Ἀγησίλαος ἤχθη τὴν λεγομένην ἀγωγὴν ἐν Δακεδαίμονι 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Agesilaus” 1)]; ἀ. στοιχειώδης elementary course, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd-2nd c.BC: Apollonius Pergaeus Geometra “Conica” 1)] Praef.:—also of plants, culture, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th-3rd c.BC: Theophrastus Philosophus “Historia Plantarum” 1.3.2)]; of diseases, treatment, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 12.414, 15.436.)]
II.4 way of life, conduct, Archyt cited in [NT+3rd c.BC+ (5th c.AD: Stobaeus, Joannes 2.31.120 (_plural_), “PTeb.” 24.57 (2nd c.BC), “OGI” 223.15 (Erythrae, 3rd c.BC), LXX.2Mac.6.8, NT.2Tim.3.10, 2nd c.AD: Marcus Antoninus Imperator 1.6.)]
II.5 keeping, observance, ἡμερῶν[Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Rhythmica” 2.37; μηνῶν 1st c.BC: Geminus Astronomicus 8.48.)]
II.6 generally, method, construction (of a law), [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1375b12)]; style, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis “de Isocrate” 20, +others; ἡ ἀ. τῶν διαλέκτων 1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.1.41.)]
II.7 method of proof, especially of syllogistic reasoning, λόγοι τὰς ἀγωγὰς ὑγιεῖς ἔχοντες[Refs 3rd c.BC+ (3rd c.BC: Chrysippus Stoicus 2.84, compare 6th c.AD: Simplicius Philosophus “in Aristotelis Physica commentaria - Comm. in Arist. Graeca” 759.14)]; line of argument, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.106b.)]
II.8 school of philosophers, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Sto.Herc.” 339.12, “Acad.Ind.” p.68 M., 2nd c.AD: Sextus Empiricus Philosophus “Πυρρώνειοι ὑποτυπώσεις” 1.145, etc.)]
II.9 Milit., manoeuvre, movement, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Asclepiodotus Tacticus “Tact.” 12.7 and 10)]; order of march, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ ([prev. work]11.8,compare 2nd-3rd c.AD: Aelianus “Tactica - Griechische Kriegsschriftsteller” 39.1.)]
II.10 in Law, = Latin actio, [Refs 4th c.AD+ (4th-6th c.AD: Codex Justinianus 4.24.1, +others)]
III tempo, in music, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 400c (_plural_), 4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Harmonica” p.34 M., 3rd c.AD(?): Aristides Quintilianus Musicus 1.19)]; sequence, of a melody, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoxenus Musicus “Harmonica” p.29 M.)]; musical style, [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC-1st c.AD: Strabo Geographus 14.1.41, 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.1141c.)]