Strong G75ἀγωνίζομαι
to struggle
- Transliteration
- agōnizomai
- Pronunciation
- ag-o-nid'-zom-ahee
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
From G73; to struggle literally (to compete for a prize) figuratively (to contend with an adversary) or generally (to endeavor to accomplish something): - fight labor fervently strive.
Detailed definition
ἀγωνίζομαι
(ἀγών), [in LXX: Da TH 6:14 (שׂוּם בָּל), Sir.4:28, I, II, 4Mac.5 *;]
1. to contend for a prize: 1Co.9:25,
2. to fight, struggle, strive: Jhn.18:36; metaphorically (MM, VGT, see word). Col.1:29 4:12, 1Ti.4:10 6:12, 2Ti.4:7; with inf. (Field, Notes, 66), Luk.13:24 (Cremer, 609)
† (AS)
(ἀγών), [in LXX: Da TH 6:14 (שׂוּם בָּל), Sir.4:28, I, II, 4Mac.5 *;]
1. to contend for a prize: 1Co.9:25,
2. to fight, struggle, strive: Jhn.18:36; metaphorically (MM, VGT, see word). Col.1:29 4:12, 1Ti.4:10 6:12, 2Ti.4:7; with inf. (Field, Notes, 66), Luk.13:24 (Cremer, 609)
† (AS)
In the Bible
Strong G75 appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- fight3
- strive2
- labour1
- mastery1
First verses
- Luke 13:24Strive to enter in at the strait gate: for many, I say unto you, will seek to enter in, and shall not be able.
- John 18:36Jesus answered, My kingdom is not of this world: if my kingdom were of this world, then would my servants fight, that I should not be delivered to the Jews: but now is my kingdom not from hence.
- 1 Corinthians 9:25And 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.
- Colossians 1:29Whereunto I also labour, striving according to his working, which worketh in me mightily.
- Colossians 4:12Epaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, saluteth you, always labouring fervently for you in prayers, that ye may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.
- 1 Timothy 6:12Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, whereunto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
- 2 Timothy 4:7I have fought a good fight, I have finished my course, I have kept the faith:
Occurrences by book
Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀγων-ίζομαι,
future -ῐοῦμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 992)], etc. (in passive sense, see infr. B); -ίσομαι only in late writers, as [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.31;)] -ισθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.504J.)]: aorist ἠγωνισάμην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 427)], etc.: perfect ἠγώνισμαι (in active sense) Id [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Ion” 939, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 993, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.31)] (passive, see infr. B): aorist ἠγωνίσθην in passive sense, infr. B: active form ἀγωνίσας[Refs (“IG” 4.429 (from Sicyon):)] —
A contend for a prize, especially in the public games, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.160, +others; πρός τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 579c, +others)]; περί τινος about a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.26; Ὀλυμπίασιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 364a; περὶ πρωτείων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.66; ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐλευθερίας [prev. author] 18.177: frequently with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἀ. στάδιον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.22; τῶν ἀγώνων, οὓς περὶ τῆς ψυχῆς ἠγωνίζεσθε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.262)]; ἀγῶνα.. τόνδ᾽ ἠγωνίσω thou didst provoke this contest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 427, compare “Ion” 939; ἠγωνίζου τι ἡμῖ; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 530a: _metaphorically_, τὰ τῆς ψυχῆς Ὀλύμπια 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Abst.” [prev. cited])]
2 fight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.76, 82, +others; περὶ τῶν ἁπάντων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.16; πρός τινα [prev. author] 1.36, compare 8.27: with _accusative_ _cognate_, μῶν τι κεδνὸν-ίζετ; 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 795; [μάχην] -ίσαντο 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 637.)]
3 contend for the prize on the stage, of the rhapsode, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.67)]; of the playwright, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 140, 419)]; of the actor, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.246, compare 250, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1451a8)]; of the choragus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.66: with _accusative_, δράματα “IG” 12(7).226 (from Amorgos))]: generally, contend for victory, καλῶς.. ἠγώνισαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 194a, compare “Mx.” 235d)]; argue, ὅλῳ τῷ πράγματι about the question as a whole, [Refs (“Hp.Mi.” 369c)]; especially argue sophistically, opposed to διαλέγομαι, [Refs (“Tht.” 167e.)]
4 of public speaking, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.7.4; ἀ. πρὸς ἀπόδειξιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 133 (4th c.BC: Theodectes Tragicus cited in Rhetores Graeci 6.19 W.).)]
II contend in court, as law term, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.7: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἀ. δίκην, γραφήν)] fight a cause to the last, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.20, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.100)]; ἀ. ψευδομαρτυριῶν (i.e. γραφήν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 24.131; ἀ. ἀγῶνα 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.20, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7,39)]; ἀ, φόνον fight against a charge of murder, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 336)]; αὐτοῖς ἀ. τοῖς πράγμασιν grapple with the facts of the case, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1404a5.)]
III generally, struggle, exert oneself, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.87; εὖ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.22, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 37.)]
B passive, to be decided by contest, brought to issue, mostly in perfect, πολλοὶ ἀγῶνες ἀγωνίδαται[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.26)]; τὰ ἠγωνισμένα points at issue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 465, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.145: rarely in)]present, ὁ ἀγωνιζόμενος νόμος the law on trial, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.28)]; or aorist, δεινὸς.. κίνδυνος ὑπὲρ τῆς.. ἐλευθερίας ἠγωνίσθη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.34)]; ἠγωνίσθη λαμπρῶς (impersonal) [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sertorius” 21:)]future middle in passive sense, ἀγωνιεῖται καὶ κριθήσεται τὸ πρᾶγμα shall be brought to issue and determined, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.7.)]
future -ῐοῦμαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 992)], etc. (in passive sense, see infr. B); -ίσομαι only in late writers, as [Refs 3rd c.AD+ (3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “de Abstinentia - Porphyrii Opuscula” 1.31;)] -ισθήσομαι [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Aristides Rhetor 1.504J.)]: aorist ἠγωνισάμην[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 427)], etc.: perfect ἠγώνισμαι (in active sense) Id [Refs 5th c.BC+ (“Ion” 939, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Vespae” 993, 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 18.31)] (passive, see infr. B): aorist ἠγωνίσθην in passive sense, infr. B: active form ἀγωνίσας[Refs (“IG” 4.429 (from Sicyon):)] —
A contend for a prize, especially in the public games, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.160, +others; πρός τινα 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 579c, +others)]; περί τινος about a thing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 8.26; Ὀλυμπίασιν 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Hp.Mi.” 364a; περὶ πρωτείων 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.66; ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐλευθερίας [prev. author] 18.177: frequently with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἀ. στάδιον 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.22; τῶν ἀγώνων, οὓς περὶ τῆς ψυχῆς ἠγωνίζεσθε 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.262)]; ἀγῶνα.. τόνδ᾽ ἠγωνίσω thou didst provoke this contest, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 427, compare “Ion” 939; ἠγωνίζου τι ἡμῖ; 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Ion” 530a: _metaphorically_, τὰ τῆς ψυχῆς Ὀλύμπια 3rd c.AD: Porphyrius Tyrius Philosophus “Abst.” [prev. cited])]
2 fight, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.76, 82, +others; περὶ τῶν ἁπάντων 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.16; πρός τινα [prev. author] 1.36, compare 8.27: with _accusative_ _cognate_, μῶν τι κεδνὸν-ίζετ; 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Heraclidae” 795; [μάχην] -ίσαντο 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 637.)]
3 contend for the prize on the stage, of the rhapsode, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.67)]; of the playwright, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 140, 419)]; of the actor, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.246, compare 250, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Poetica” 1451a8)]; of the choragus, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.66: with _accusative_, δράματα “IG” 12(7).226 (from Amorgos))]: generally, contend for victory, καλῶς.. ἠγώνισαι[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Symposium” 194a, compare “Mx.” 235d)]; argue, ὅλῳ τῷ πράγματι about the question as a whole, [Refs (“Hp.Mi.” 369c)]; especially argue sophistically, opposed to διαλέγομαι, [Refs (“Tht.” 167e.)]
4 of public speaking, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 3.7.4; ἀ. πρὸς ἀπόδειξιν 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Fragmenta” 133 (4th c.BC: Theodectes Tragicus cited in Rhetores Graeci 6.19 W.).)]
II contend in court, as law term, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 5.7: with _accusative_ _cognate_, ἀ. δίκην, γραφήν)] fight a cause to the last, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 3.20, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 23.100)]; ἀ. ψευδομαρτυριῶν (i.e. γραφήν) [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] 24.131; ἀ. ἀγῶνα 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.20, 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 7,39)]; ἀ, φόνον fight against a charge of murder, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Andromache” 336)]; αὐτοῖς ἀ. τοῖς πράγμασιν grapple with the facts of the case, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Rhetorica” 1404a5.)]
III generally, struggle, exert oneself, with infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.87; εὖ ἀ. 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 20.22, compare 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Phocion” 37.)]
B passive, to be decided by contest, brought to issue, mostly in perfect, πολλοὶ ἀγῶνες ἀγωνίδαται[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 9.26)]; τὰ ἠγωνισμένα points at issue, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Supplices” 465, 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.145: rarely in)]present, ὁ ἀγωνιζόμενος νόμος the law on trial, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 24.28)]; or aorist, δεινὸς.. κίνδυνος ὑπὲρ τῆς.. ἐλευθερίας ἠγωνίσθη[Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 2.34)]; ἠγωνίσθη λαμπρῶς (impersonal) [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sertorius” 21:)]future middle in passive sense, ἀγωνιεῖται καὶ κριθήσεται τὸ πρᾶγμα shall be brought to issue and determined, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.7.)]