Greek noun (masculine) · G73
ἀγών
agonag-one'
a gathering; a place of assembly; a contest, struggle, trial
6 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: agṓn
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G73is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 2spellings
- 3meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G73
properly, a place of assembly (as if led), i.e. (by implication) a contest (held there); figuratively, an effort or anxiety
The King James renders it: conflict, contention, fight, race.
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
agon is rendered "a gathering; a place of assembly; a contest, struggle, trial". It stands 6 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- One of the uses stand in Philippians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists three meanings for it, beginning with "a gathering".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Philippians 1:30since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.
- The Greek text spells it two different ways.
The first use
since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.
Philippians 1:30ἀγῶνα
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in six of the 27 New Testament books.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word three senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: a gathering, and a place of assembly, and a contest, struggle, trial.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| a gatheringesp. for games. | Tagged aslisted under the table | WherePhilippians 1:30since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have. |
| a place of assembly | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| a contest, struggle, trialmetaphorically (MM, VGT, see word), __(a) of the Christian life as a contest and struggle | Tagged as
| WherePhilippians 1:30since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have. |
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ἀγωνίζομαι | agonizomai | to struggle | Uses8 |
| ἀγωνία | agonia | a struggle | Uses1 |
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
2 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
- ἀγῶνα5
- ἀγῶνι1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular5N-ASM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular1N-DSM
Philippians
one use
since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now hear that I still have.
- ἀγῶναagonanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: conflict
Colossians
one use
For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met me face to face,
- ἀγῶναagonanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: a struggle
1 Thessalonians
one use
As you are aware, we had already endured suffering and shameful treatment in Philippi. But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God to speak to you the gospel of God.
- ἀγῶνιagoninoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: conflict
1 Timothy
one use
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.
- ἀγῶναagonanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: fight
2 Timothy
one use
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
- ἀγῶναagonanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: fight
Hebrews
one use
Therefore, since we are surrounded by such a great cloud of witnesses, let us throw off every encumbrance and the sin that so easily entangles, and let us run with endurance the race set out for us.
- ἀγῶναagonanoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: race
Where it leads
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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.