ΥΠΕΡΑΓΩΝ, υπεραγων
YPERAGŌN, yperagōn
Sounds Like: hoo-per-ah-GOHN
Translations: striving earnestly, contending earnestly, struggling intensely, fighting vigorously
From the root: ΑΓΩΝ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a present active participle, meaning 'striving earnestly' or 'contending vigorously'. It describes someone who is putting forth extreme effort in a struggle or contest. It is often used to describe a spiritual or moral struggle, or a fervent effort in prayer or advocacy. It is a compound word formed from 'ὑπέρ' (hyper), meaning 'over, above, beyond', and 'ἀγωνίζομαι' (agonizomai), meaning 'to contend, struggle, fight'.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine or Neuter, Present Active Participle
Strong’s number: G5227 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 15 — 3:51
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Sirach — 30:31
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΓΩΝ.
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.
- ἈΓΩΝΟΙΝ — of contests, of struggles, of assemblies, of games, to contests, to struggles, to assemblies, to games
- ἈΓΩΝΤΟ — they were struggling, they were contending, they were fighting, they were striving
- ἈΓΩΣΙ — to contests, for contests, in contests, to struggles, for struggles, in struggles, to fights, for fights, in fights, to races, for races, in races
- ἈΓΩΣΙΝ — to a contest, to a struggle, to a fight, to a race, to an assembly, to a gathering, to a trial, to a conflict
- ΑΓΩΝ — contest, struggle, fight, race, assembly, a contest, an assembly
- ΑΓΩΝΑ — contest, struggle, fight, race, conflict, assembly, a struggle, a contest
- ΑΓΩΝΙ — to a contest, for a contest, to a struggle, for a struggle, to a race, for a race, to an assembly, for an assembly, to a gathering, for a gathering
- ΑΓΩΝΙΣΜΑ — contest, a contest, struggle, a struggle, fight, a fight, race, a race
- ΑΓΩΝΙΣΤΑΣ — athlete, combatant, contender, competitor
- ΑΓΩΝΟΣ — of a contest, of a struggle, of a fight, of a race, of an assembly, of a gathering
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