ἈΓΩΝΑ, ἀγωνα
AGŌNA, agōna
Sounds Like: ah-GOHN-ah
Translations: contest, struggle, fight, race, conflict, a contest, a struggle, a fight, a race, a conflict
From the root: ἈΓΩΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a gathering, assembly, or place of assembly, especially for games or a contest. It can also denote the contest itself, a struggle, a fight, or a race. It is often used metaphorically to describe a spiritual or moral struggle, or a strenuous effort.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0007 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 4 — 5:88
- Book 9 — 11:232
- Book 10 — 8:133
- Book 12 — 7:301, 7:309
- Book 13 — 5:159, 7:90, 12:327
- Book 15 — 8:268
- Book 16 — 5:137, 5:138, 5:149
Josephus' The Jewish War
Justin Martyr
Pseudo Clement of Rome
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΓΩΝ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἈΓΩΝ — contest, struggle, fight, race, a contest, a struggle, a fight, a race
- ἈΓΩΝΑΣ — contests, struggles, fights, races, conflicts
- ἈΓΩΝΕΣ — contests, struggles, races, conflicts, gatherings, assemblies
- ἈΓΩΝΙ — struggle, contest, fight, conflict, agony, anguish, a struggle, a contest
- ἈΓΩΝΙΣΜΑ — contest, a contest, struggle, a struggle, fight, a fight, conflict, a conflict, race, a race, prize, a prize
- ἈΓΩΝΙΣΤΗΣ — athlete, a competitor, competitor, a fighter, fighter
- ἈΓΩΝΟΣ — of a contest, of contest, of a struggle, of struggle, of a fight, of fight, of a race, of race, of a conflict, of conflict
- ἈΓΩΝΩΝ — of contests, of struggles, of races, of assemblies, of games, of conflicts
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