ΚΑΤΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΑΙ, καταγωνιζομαι
KATAGŌNIZOMAI, katagōnizomai
Sounds Like: kah-tah-goh-NID-zoh-my
Translations: to contend against, to struggle against, to overcome, to conquer
From the root: ΚΑΤΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to struggle or contend against someone or something, often with the implication of overcoming or conquering. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ΚΑΤΑ (kata), meaning 'down' or 'against', and the verb ΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΑΙ (agonizomai), meaning 'to contend' or 'to struggle'. It describes an intense effort or conflict.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive Voice, Indicative, 1st Person Singular
Strong’s number: G2643 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΑΤΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΚΑΤΑΓΩΝΙΣΑΜΕΝΟΙ — having contended against, having struggled against, having overcome, having conquered
- ΚΑΤΑΓΩΝΙΣΑΜΕΝΟΣ — having overcome, having conquered, having contended against, having struggled against
- ΚΑΤΑΓΩΝΙΣΑΜΕΝΩ — (to) one having struggled against, (to) one having contended with, (to) one having overcome
- ΚΑΤΗΓΩΝΙΣΑΝΤΟ — they overcame, they conquered, they subdued
- ΚΑΤΗΓΩΝΙΣΜΕΝΟΙΣ — (to) those who have been contended against, (to) those who have been overcome, (to) those who have been conquered
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