ΣΥΝΑΓΩΝΙΟΥΜΕΝΟΙ, συναγωνιουμενοι
SYNAGŌNIOUMENOI, synagōnioumenoi
Sounds Like: soon-ah-goh-nee-OO-meh-noy
Translations: contending with, struggling with, striving together with, helping in a contest, assisting in a struggle
From the root: ΣΥΝΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΑΙ
Part of Speech: Verb, Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound verb, combining 'σύν' (syn), meaning 'with' or 'together', and 'ἀγωνίζομαι' (agonizomai), meaning 'to contend' or 'to struggle'. Therefore, it means 'to contend with', 'to struggle together with', or 'to strive jointly'. It describes the action of participating in a struggle or contest alongside others, often implying active support or assistance in that effort.
Inflection: Present, Middle/Passive, Participle, Nominative, Masculine, Plural
Strong’s number: G4865 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 9:220
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 2:2
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΣΥΝΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΑΙ.
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.
- ΣΥΝΑΓΩΝΙΕΙΣΘΑΙ — to strive together, to contend along with, to help in a contest, to struggle together
- ΣΥΝΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΑΙ — strive together with, struggle together with, contend together with, fight together with, help in the struggle
- ΣΥΝΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΕΝΗΝ — contending with, struggling with, fighting alongside, striving together, helping to contend, a fellow contender
- ΣΥΝΑΓΩΝΙΖΟΜΕΝΩΝ — contending with, struggling together with, helping in the struggle, joining in the struggle
- ΣΥΝΑΓΩΝΙΣΑΣΘΑΙ — to contend with, to struggle together, to strive together, to help in a struggle, to assist in a contest
- ΣΥΝΗΓΩΝΙΖΕΤΟ — was contending with, was struggling with, was fighting alongside, was helping in the struggle
- ΣΥΝΗΓΩΝΙΣΑΤΟ — fought with, struggled with, contended with, helped in a struggle, helped to contend
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