ἨΓΩΝΙΖΟΝΤΟ, ἠγωνιζοντο
ĒGŌNIZONTO, ēgōnizonto
Sounds Like: ee-goh-NEE-zon-toh
Translations: they were struggling, they were contending, they were fighting, they were striving, they were competing
From the root: ΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is the imperfect indicative middle/passive form of the verb 'agonizomai'. It describes an ongoing or repeated action in the past, indicating that a group of people were engaged in a struggle, contest, or intense effort. It can refer to physical combat, athletic competition, or a more general striving against difficulties or opposition.
Inflection: Imperfect, Indicative, Middle or Passive Voice, 3rd Person Plural
Strong’s number: G0075 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- 4 Maccabees — 17:13
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
- John — 18:36
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ἈΓΩΝΙΣΑΜΕΝΩ — having contended, having struggled, having fought, having striven
- ἈΓΩΝΙΣΟΜΑΙ — I will contend, I will fight, I will struggle, I will compete
- ἈΓΩΝΙΣΩΜΕΘΑ — let us contend, let us fight, let us struggle, let us strive, let us compete
- ΑΓΩΝΙΖΕΣΘΑΙ — to contend, to strive, to fight, to struggle, to compete
- ΑΓΩΝΙΖΟ — I contend, I strive, I struggle, I fight, I labor fervently, I compete
- ΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΑΙ — to contend, to fight, to strive, to struggle, to labor fervently, to compete, to wrestle
- ΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΕΘΑ — we strive, we contend, we struggle, we fight, we labor, we compete
- ΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΕΝΟΣ — contending, striving, struggling, fighting, wrestling, competing, laboring, a contender, a striver
- ΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΥ — fight, strive, contend, struggle, compete
- ΑΓΩΝΙΖΩΜΕΘΑ — let us strive, let us contend, let us fight, let us struggle
- ΑΓΩΝΙΣΑΙ — to contend, to fight, to struggle, to strive, to compete, to wrestle
- ΓΩΝΙΩ — to struggle, to contend, to fight, to agonize, to be in agony, to strive, to compete
- ἘΠΑΓΩΝΙΖΕΣΘΑΙ — to contend earnestly, to strive for, to fight for, to struggle for
- ἨΓΩΝΙΖΕΤΟ — was struggling, was contending, was fighting, was striving, was wrestling
- ἨΓΩΝΙΣΜΕΘΑ — we struggled, we contended, we fought, we strove, we wrestled
- ἨΓΩΝΙΣΜΕΝΩ — (to) having contended, (to) having struggled, (to) having fought, (to) having striven
- ἨΓΩΝΙΣΜΕΝΩΝ — of those who have contended, of those who have struggled, of those who have fought, of those who have striven
- ΗΓΩΝΙΖΟΝΤΟ — they were contending, they were struggling, they were fighting, they were striving, they were competing
- ΗΓΩΝΙΣΑΤΟ — he contended, he struggled, he fought, he strove, he wrestled
- ΗΓΩΝΙΣΜΑΙ — I have fought, I have striven, I have contended, I have struggled, I have competed
- ΚΑΤΑΓΩΝΙΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to contend against, to overcome, to conquer, to defeat, to vanquish
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