ἈΓΩΝΟΣ, ἀγωνος
AGŌNOS, agōnos
Sounds Like: ah-GOH-nos
Translations: of a contest, of contest, of a struggle, of struggle, of a fight, of fight, of a race, of race, of a conflict, of conflict
From the root: ἈΓΩΝ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a contest, struggle, fight, or race. It can describe any kind of intense effort or conflict, whether physical, mental, or spiritual. It is often used in contexts of athletic competitions, battles, or moral struggles. As a genitive form, it indicates possession or relation, meaning 'of a contest' or 'belonging to a struggle'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G0073 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Four — 10:12
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἈΓΩΝ.
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.
- ἈΓΩΝ — contest, struggle, fight, race, a contest, a struggle, a fight, a race
- ἈΓΩΝΑ — contest, struggle, fight, race, conflict, a contest, a struggle, a fight, a race, a conflict
- ἈΓΩΝΑΣ — contests, struggles, fights, races, conflicts
- ἈΓΩΝΕΣ — contests, struggles, races, conflicts, gatherings, assemblies
- ἈΓΩΝΙ — struggle, contest, fight, conflict, agony, anguish, a struggle, a contest
- ἈΓΩΝΙΣΜΑ — contest, a contest, struggle, a struggle, fight, a fight, conflict, a conflict, race, a race, prize, a prize
- ἈΓΩΝΙΣΤΗΣ — athlete, a competitor, competitor, a fighter, fighter
- ἈΓΩΝΩΝ — of contests, of struggles, of races, of assemblies, of games, of conflicts
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