ἈΓΩΝΙΩΝΤΕΣ, ἀγωνιωντες
AGŌNIŌNTES, agōniōntes
Sounds Like: ah-goh-nee-OHN-tes
Translations: struggling, contending, fighting, striving, agonizing, being in agony
From the root: ἈΓΩΝΙΑΩ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word describes someone who is struggling, contending, or fighting with great effort, often implying a sense of agony or intense mental and physical exertion. It can be used to describe someone engaged in a contest, a battle, or a deep internal struggle. It is a compound word derived from 'agōn' (contest, struggle) and 'iaō' (to be sick, to suffer).
Inflection: Present, Active, Masculine, Nominative, Plural
Strong’s number: G0075 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Life of Flavius Josephus, The
- The Life of Flavius Josephus — 72:404
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΓΩΝΙΑΩ.
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.
- ἈΓΩΝΙΑΣΑΙ — to be in agony, to struggle, to contend, to fight
- ἈΓΩΝΙΟΥΝΤΑΙ — they are in agony, they struggle, they contend, they strive, they are distressed
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