ΣΥΝΑΓΩΝΙΣΤΗΣ, συναγωνιστης
SYNAGŌNISTĒS, synagōnistēs
Sounds Like: soon-ah-goh-nis-TES
Translations: fellow-combatant, fellow-worker, a fellow-soldier, a fellow-laborer
From the root: ΣΥΝΑΓΩΝΙΣΤΗΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This is a compound word formed from 'σύν' (syn), meaning 'with' or 'together', and 'ἀγωνιστής' (agonistēs), meaning 'a contestant' or 'combatant'. Therefore, it refers to someone who struggles or contends alongside another, a fellow-combatant or fellow-worker. It is used to describe a companion in effort or struggle, often in a spiritual or metaphorical sense, like a partner in ministry or a comrade in a shared cause.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G4867 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Alexandria
- Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 10:81
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 2:22
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΝΑΓΩΝΙΣΤΗΣ.
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.
- ΣΥΝΑΓΩΝΙΣΤΗΝ — fellow-soldier, fellow-combatant, fellow-worker, a fellow-soldier, a fellow-combatant, a fellow-worker
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