ΔΙΑΓΩΝΙΕΙΣΘΕ, διαγωνιεισθε
DIAGŌNIEISTHE, diagōnieisthe
Sounds Like: dee-ah-goh-nee-EE-stheh
Translations: you will contend, you will struggle, you will strive, you will compete
From the root: ΔΙΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, combining the prefix 'δια-' (dia), meaning 'through' or 'thoroughly', with 'ἀγωνίζομαι' (agonizomai), meaning 'to contend' or 'to struggle'. It describes the act of contending, struggling, or competing thoroughly or intensely. It is used to indicate a future action where one will engage in a contest or struggle.
Inflection: Second Person, Plural, Future, Indicative, Middle or Passive
Strong’s number: G1219 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 10:19
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΔΙΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΔΙΑΓΩΝ — contending, struggling, striving, competing, a contender, a struggler
- ΔΙΑΓΩΝΙΖΕΣΘΕ — contend, strive, struggle, fight, compete
- ΔΙΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΑΙ — to contend, to struggle, to strive, to fight
- ΔΙΗΓΩΝΙΣΑΝΤΟ — they contended, they struggled, they fought, they strove
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