ΠΡΟΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΕΝΩΝ, προαγωνιζομενων
PROAGŌNIZOMENŌN, proagōnizomenōn
Sounds Like: proh-ah-goh-nee-ZOH-meh-nohn
Translations: contending for, struggling for, fighting for, striving for
From the root: ΠΡΟΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, formed from 'πρό' (pro), meaning 'before' or 'for', and 'ἀγωνίζομαι' (agonizomai), meaning 'to contend' or 'to struggle'. It describes the action of struggling or contending on behalf of someone or something, or striving for a particular goal. It implies an intense effort or a contest.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive Voice, Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Plural
Strong’s number: G4264 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Five — 6:39
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΠΡΟΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΠΡΟΑΓΩΝΙΖΟ — to contend for, to struggle for, to fight for, to strive for
- ΠΡΟΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΑΙ — to contend for, to struggle for, to fight for
- ΠΡΟΗΓΩΝΙΖΕΤΟ — he contended before, he struggled before, he fought before, he strove before
- ΠΡΟΗΓΩΝΙΤΟ — fought beforehand, contended beforehand, struggled beforehand
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