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Greek verb · G71

ἄγω

agoag'-o

to lead, bring, carry; to spend; Intrans.

68 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: ágō

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G71is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 12 of 27
    New Testament books
  • 31
    spellings
  • 3
    meanings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · G71

properly, to lead; by implication, to bring, drive, (reflexively) go, (specially) pass (time), or (figuratively) induce

The King James renders it: be, bring (forth), carry, (let) go, keep, lead away, be open.

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

ago is rendered "to lead, bring, carry; to spend; Intrans.". It stands 68 times in the Greek text, across twelve books.

  • Twenty-six of the uses stand in Acts, more than in any other book.
  • The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "to lead, bring, carry".
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 10:18On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.
  • The Greek text spells it thirty-one different ways.

The first use

On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

Matthew 10:18ἀχθήσεσθε

The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Twenty-six of the word's sixty-eight uses are in Acts.

The other 15 New Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

The word carries three meanings: to lead, bring, carry, and to spend, and Intrans..

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to lead, bring, carrywith ace, before ἐπί, εἰς, ἕως, πρός and simple dativeTagged as
  • let us go7
  • brought4
  • do bring4
  • he brought4
  • they brought4
  • to be brought4
  • to bring3
  • do come2

and 29 more, 66 uses in all

WhereJohn 10:16I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well…
to spendor keep a dayTagged as
  • are conducted1
  • brings1
WhereLuke 24:21But we were hoping He was the One who would redeem Israel. And besides all this…
Intrans.Tagged aslisted under the tableWhereMatthew 2:46

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.

ἀγωνίζομαιagonizomaito struggleUses8
ἀγώνagonfightUses6
ἀγωγήagogeself-conductUses1
ἀγωνίαagoniaa struggleUses1

All 68, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

31 spellings 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

  • ἤγαγον13
  • ἤγαγεν8
  • ἄγωμεν7
  • Ἄγε3
  • ἀχθῆναι3
  • ἀγαγεῖν2
  • ἀγάγετε2
  • ἀγάγῃ2
  • ἄγει2
  • ἄγονται2
  • Ἄγουσιν2
  • ἠγάγετε2

and 19 more spellings in the ledger below.

The grammar of each form

  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person plural13V-2AAI-3P
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular8V-2AAI-3S
  • verb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person plural7V-PAS-1P
  • verb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)4V-APN
  • verb · aorist active, command · 2nd person plural3V-2AAM-2P
  • verb · present active, command · 2nd person singular3V-PAM-2S
  • verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person plural2V-2AAI-2P
  • verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-2AAN
  • verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular2V-2AAS-3S
  • verb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-API-3S
  • verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-PAI-3P
  • verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-PAI-3S

Matthew

four uses
  • On My account, you will be brought before governors and kings as witnesses to them and to the Gentiles.

    Matthew 10:18

    • ἀχθήσεσθεachthesestheverb · future passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you will be brought
  • saying to them, “Go into the village ahead of you, and at once you will find a donkey tied there, with her colt beside her. Untie them and bring them to Me.

    Matthew 21:2

    • ἀγάγετέagageteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do bring
  • They brought the donkey and the colt and laid their cloaks on them, and Jesus sat on them.

    Matthew 21:7

    • ἤγαγονegagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they brought
  • Rise, let us go! See, My betrayer is approaching!”

    Matthew 26:46

    • ἄγωμενagomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: let us go

Mark

three uses
  • But Jesus answered, “Let us go on to the neighboring towns so I can preach there as well, for that is why I have come.”

    Mark 1:38

    • ἄγωμενagomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: let us go
  • But when they arrest you and hand you over, do not worry beforehand what to say. Instead, speak whatever you are given at that time, for it will not be you speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

    Mark 13:11

    • ἄγωσινagosinverb · present active, subjunctive · 3rd person pluraltagged: they may lead away
  • Rise, let us go. See, My betrayer is approaching!”

    Mark 14:42

    • ἄγωμενagomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: let us go

Luke

thirteen uses
  • Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,

    Luke 4:1

    • ἤγετοegetoverb · imperfect passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was led
  • Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.

    Luke 4:9

    • Ἤγαγενegagenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He led
  • They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.

    Luke 4:29

    • ἤγαγονegagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: led
  • At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.

    Luke 4:40

    • ἤγαγονegagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: brought
  • He went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. Then he put him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.

    Luke 10:34

    • ἤγαγενegagenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he brought
  • Jesus stopped and directed that the man be brought to Him. When he had been brought near, Jesus asked him,

    Luke 18:40

    • ἀχθῆναιachthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be brought
  • And these enemies of mine who were unwilling for me to rule over them, bring them here and slay them in front of me.’”

    Luke 19:27

    • ἀγάγετεagageteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do bring
  • saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, and as you enter it, you will find a colt tied there, on which no one has ever sat. Untie it and bring it here.

    Luke 19:30

    • ἀγάγετεagageteverb · aorist active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do bring
  • Then they led the colt to Jesus, threw their cloaks over it, and put Jesus on it.

    Luke 19:35

    • ἤγαγονegagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they led
  • Then they seized Jesus, led Him away, and took Him into the house of the high priest. And Peter followed at a distance.

    Luke 22:54

    • ἤγαγονegagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they led away
  • Then the whole council rose and led Jesus away to Pilate.

    Luke 23:1

    • ἤγαγονegagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they led
  • Two others, who were criminals, were also led away to be executed with Jesus.

    Luke 23:32

    • Ἤγοντοegontoverb · imperfect passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: Were being led away
  • But we were hoping He was the One who would redeem Israel. And besides all this, it is the third day since these things took place.

    Luke 24:21

    • ἄγειageiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: brings

John

twelve uses
  • Andrew brought him to Jesus, who looked at him and said, “You are Simon son of John. You will be called Cephas” (which is translated as Peter).

    John 1:42

    • ἤγαγενegagenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He led
  • Then the officers returned to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring Him in?”

    John 7:45

    • ἠγάγετεegageteverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: did you bring
  • They brought to the Pharisees the man who had been blind.

    John 9:13

    • Ἄγουσινagousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: They bring
  • I have other sheep that are not of this fold. I must bring them in as well, and they will listen to My voice. Then there will be one flock and one shepherd.

    John 10:16

    • ἀγαγεῖνagageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bring
  • and then He said to the disciples, “Let us go back to Judea.”

    John 11:7

    • ἄγωμενagomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: Let us go
  • and for your sake I am glad I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”

    John 11:15

    • ἄγωμενagomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: let us go
  • Then Thomas called Didymus said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with Him.”

    John 11:16

    • ἄγωμενagomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: Let us go
  • But I do exactly what the Father has commanded Me, so that the world may know that I love the Father. Get up! Let us go on from here.

    John 14:31

    • ἄγωμενagomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: let us go
  • They brought Him first to Annas, who was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, the high priest that year.

    John 18:13

    • ἤγαγονegagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they brought away
  • Then they led Jesus away from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. By now it was early morning, and the Jews did not enter the Praetorium, to avoid being defiled and unable to eat the Passover.

    John 18:28

    • Ἄγουσινagousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: They are leading
  • Once again Pilate came out and said to the Jews, “Look, I am bringing Him out to you to let you know that I find no basis for a charge against Him.”

    John 19:4

    • ἄγωagoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I bring
  • When Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, which in Hebrew is Gabbatha.

    John 19:13

    • ἤγαγενegagenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: brought

Acts

twenty-six uses
  • At daybreak the apostles entered the temple courts as they had been told and began to teach the people. When the high priest and his associates arrived, they convened the Sanhedrin—the full assembly of the elders of Israel—and sent to the jail for the apostles.

    Acts 5:21

    • ἀχθῆναιachthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bring
  • At that point, the captain went with the officers and brought the apostles—but not by force, for fear the people would stone them.

    Acts 5:26

    • ἦγενegenverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was bringing
  • They brought them in and made them stand before the Sanhedrin, where the high priest interrogated them.

    Acts 5:27

    • Ἀγαγόντεςagagontesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: Having brought
  • So they stirred up the people, elders, and scribes and confronted Stephen. They seized him and brought him before the Sanhedrin,

    Acts 6:12

    • ἤγαγονegagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they brought
  • The eunuch was reading this passage of Scripture: “He was led like a sheep to the slaughter, and as a lamb before the shearer is silent, so He did not open His mouth.

    Acts 8:32

    • ἤχθηechtheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He was led
  • and requested letters to the synagogues in Damascus, so that if he found any men or women belonging to the Way, he could bring them as prisoners to Jerusalem.

    Acts 9:2

    • ἀγάγῃagageverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may bring
  • All who heard him were astounded and asked, “Isn’t this the man who wreaked havoc in Jerusalem on those who call on this name? And hasn’t he come here to take them as prisoners to the chief priests?”

    Acts 9:21

    • ἀγάγῃagageverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: he may bring
  • Then Barnabas brought him to the apostles and described how Saul had seen the Lord, who spoke to him on the road to Damascus, and how Saul had spoken boldly in that city in the name of Jesus.

    Acts 9:27

    • ἤγαγενegagenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he brought
  • and when he found him, he brought him back to Antioch. So for a full year they met together with the church and taught large numbers of people. The disciples were first called Christians at Antioch.

    Acts 11:26

    • ἤγαγενegagenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he brought
  • From the descendants of this man, God has brought to Israel the Savior Jesus, as He promised.

    Acts 13:23

    • ἤγαγενegagenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: has brought
  • Those who escorted Paul brought him to Athens and then returned with instructions for Silas and Timothy to join him as soon as possible.

    Acts 17:15

    • ἤγαγονegagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: brought
  • So they took Paul and brought him to the Areopagus, where they asked him, “May we know what this new teaching is that you are presenting?

    Acts 17:19

    • ἤγαγονegagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they brought
  • While Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews coordinated an attack on Paul and brought him before the judgment seat.

    Acts 18:12

    • ἤγαγονegagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: led
  • For you have brought these men here, though they have neither robbed our temple nor blasphemed our goddess.

    Acts 19:37

    • ἠγάγετεegageteverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: You brought
  • So if Demetrius and his fellow craftsmen have a complaint against anyone, the courts are open and proconsuls are available. Let them bring charges against one another there.

    Acts 19:38

    • ἄγονταιagontaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: are conducted
  • And the people were greatly relieved to take the boy home alive.

    Acts 20:12

    • ἤγαγονegagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: They brought
  • Some of the disciples from Caesarea accompanied us, and they took us to stay at the home of Mnason the Cypriot, an early disciple.

    Acts 21:16

    • ἄγοντεςagontesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: bringing
  • Some in the crowd were shouting one thing, and some another. And since the commander could not get at the truth because of the uproar, he ordered that Paul be brought into the barracks.

    Acts 21:34

    • ἄγεσθαιagesthaiverb · present passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be brought
  • as the high priest and the whole Council can testify about me. I even obtained letters from them to their brothers in Damascus, and I was on my way to apprehend these people and bring them to Jerusalem to be punished.

    Acts 22:5

    • ἄξωνaxonverb · future active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: going to bring
  • The dispute grew so violent that the commander was afraid they would tear Paul to pieces. He ordered the soldiers to go down and remove him by force and bring him into the barracks.

    Acts 23:10

    • ἄγεινageinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to bring
  • So the centurion took him to the commander and said, “Paul the prisoner sent and asked me to bring this young man to you. He has something to tell you.”

    Acts 23:18

    • ἤγαγενegagenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he brought
    • ἀγαγεῖνagageinverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to lead
  • So the soldiers followed their orders and brought Paul by night to Antipatris.

    Acts 23:31

    • ἤγαγονegagonverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: brought
  • After spending no more than eight or ten days with them, Festus went down to Caesarea. The next day he sat on the judgment seat and ordered that Paul be brought in.

    Acts 25:6

    • ἀχθῆναι.¶achthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be brought
  • So when they came here with me, I did not delay. The next day I sat on the judgment seat and ordered that the man be brought in.

    Acts 25:17

    • ἀχθῆναιachthenaiverb · aorist passive, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to be brought
  • The next day Agrippa and Bernice came with great pomp and entered the auditorium, along with the commanders and leading men of the city. And Festus ordered that Paul be brought in.

    Acts 25:23

    • ἤχθηechtheverb · aorist passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: was brought in

Romans

two uses
  • Or do you disregard the riches of His kindness, tolerance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you to repentance?

    Romans 2:4

    • ἄγειageiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: leads
  • For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God.

    Romans 8:14

    • ἄγονταιagontaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: are led

1 Corinthians

one use
  • You know that when you were pagans, you were influenced and led astray to mute idols.

    1 Corinthians 12:2

    • ἤγεσθεegestheverb · imperfect passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you were led

Galatians

one use
  • But if you are led by the Spirit, you are not under the law.

    Galatians 5:18

    • ἄγεσθεagestheverb · present passive, indicative · 2nd person pluraltagged: you are led

1 Thessalonians

one use
  • For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.

    1 Thessalonians 4:14

    • ἄξειaxeiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will bring

2 Timothy

two uses
  • They are the kind who worm their way into households and captivate vulnerable women who are weighed down with sins and led astray by various passions,

    2 Timothy 3:6

    • ἀγόμεναagomenaverb · present passive, participle · accusative (object) · neuter pluraltagged: being led away
  • Only Luke is with me. Get Mark and bring him with you, because he is useful to me in the ministry.

    2 Timothy 4:11

    • ἄγεageverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do bring

Hebrews

one use
  • In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting for God, for whom and through whom all things exist, to make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering.

    Hebrews 2:10

    • ἀγαγόνταagagontaverb · aorist active, participle · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: having brought

James

two uses
  • Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go to this or that city, spend a year there, carry on business, and make a profit.”

    James 4:13

    • Ἄγεageverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do come
  • Come now, you who are rich, weep and wail over the misery to come upon you.

    James 5:1

    • Ἄγεageverb · present active, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do come

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

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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.

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Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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