Greek verb · G1864
ἐπαγωνίζομαι
epagonizomaiep-ag-o-nid'-zom-ahee
to contend with (Plut.).; to contend for
1 use in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: epagōnízomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G1864is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 27New Testament books
- 1spelling
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G1864
to struggle for
The King James renders it: earnestly contend for.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
epagonizomai is rendered "to contend with (Plut.).; to contend for". It stands 1 time in the Greek text, across one book.
- One of the uses stand in Jude, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to contend with (Plut.).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Jude 1:3Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
The first use
Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
Jude 1:3ἐπαγωνίζεσθαι
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in one of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to contend with (Plut.)., and to contend for.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to contend with (Plut.). | Tagged aslisted under the table | WhereJude 1:3Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share… |
| to contend forC.I., 2335, 19): with dative of thing(s), Ju 3.† (AS | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- to contend earnestly1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 1, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
1 spelling and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ἐπαγωνίζεσθαι1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present middle or passive form, infinitive (“to…”)1V-PNN
Jude
one use
Beloved, although I made every effort to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt it necessary to write and urge you to contend earnestly for the faith entrusted once for all to the saints.
- ἐπαγωνίζεσθαιepagonizesthaiverb · present middle or passive form, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to contend earnestly
Where it leads
On this page
Studies1
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.