Greek verb · G75
ἀγωνίζομαι
agonizomaiag-o-nid'-zom-ahee
to contend for a prize; to fight, struggle, strive
8 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: agōnízomai
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G75is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 6spellings
- 2meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G75
to struggle, literally (to compete for a prize), figuratively (to contend with an adversary), or genitive case (to endeavor to accomplish something)
The King James renders it: fight, labor fervently, strive.
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
agonizomai is rendered "to contend for a prize; to fight, struggle, strive". It stands 8 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Two of the uses stand in Colossians, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists two meanings for it, beginning with "to contend for a prize".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Luke 13:24“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
Luke 13:24ἀγωνίζεσθε
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's eight uses are in Colossians.
What the word means
The lexicons give this word two senses, and a verse uses one of them at a time: to contend for a prize, and to fight, struggle, strive.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to contend for a prize1Co.9:25 | Tagged as
| Where1 Corinthians 9:25Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline… |
| to fight, struggle, striveJhn.18:36; metaphorically (MM | Tagged as
| WhereLuke 13:24“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you… |
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 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 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
- ἀγωνιζόμενος3
- ἀγωνίζεσθε1
- ἀγωνιζόμεθα1
- ἀγωνίζου1
- ἠγωνίζοντο1
- ἠγώνισμαι1
The grammar of each form
- verb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3V-PNP-NSM
- verb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-INI-3P
- verb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person plural1V-PNI-1P
- verb · present middle or passive form, command · 2nd person plural1V-PNM-2P
- verb · present middle or passive form, command · 2nd person singular1V-PNM-2S
- verb · perfect middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singular1V-RNI-1S
Luke
one use
“Make every effort to enter through the narrow door. For many, I tell you, will try to enter and will not be able.
- ἀγωνίζεσθεagonizestheverb · present middle or passive form, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do strive
John
one use
Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world; if it were, My servants would fight to prevent My arrest by the Jews. But now My kingdom is not of this realm.”
- ἠγωνίζοντοegonizontoverb · imperfect middle or passive form, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were fighting
1 Corinthians
one use
Everyone who competes in the games trains with strict discipline. They do it for a crown that is perishable, but we do it for a crown that is imperishable.
- ἀγωνιζόμενοςagonizomenosverb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: is striving
Colossians
two uses
To this end I also labor, striving with all His energy working powerfully within me.
- ἀγωνιζόμενοςagonizomenosverb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: striving
Epaphras, who is one of you and a servant of Christ Jesus, sends you greetings. He is always wrestling in prayer for you, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in the full will of God.
- ἀγωνιζόμενοςagonizomenosverb · present middle or passive form, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: struggling
1 Timothy
two uses
To this end we labor and strive, because we have set our hope on the living God, who is the Savior of everyone, and especially of those who believe.
- ἀγωνιζόμεθαagonizomethaverb · present middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person pluraltagged: strive
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.
- ἀγωνίζουagonizouverb · present middle or passive form, command · 2nd person singulartagged: do fight
2 Timothy
one use
I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.
- ἠγώνισμαιegonismaiverb · perfect middle or passive form, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I have fought
Where it leads
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.