ΥΠΕΡΑΓΩΝΙΩΝ, υπεραγωνιων
YPERAGŌNIŌN, yperagōniōn
Sounds Like: hoo-per-ah-go-NEE-ohn
Translations: struggling exceedingly, being in great agony, contending beyond measure
From the root: ΑΓΩΝΙΖΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a compound verb formed from the prefix ΥΠΕΡ- (hyper-), meaning 'over, beyond, exceedingly,' and the verb ΑΓΩΝΙΖΩ (agonizō), meaning 'to contend, struggle, fight.' Therefore, ΥΠΕΡΑΓΩΝΙΩΝ means to struggle or contend with extreme intensity, to be in great agony, or to strive beyond what is normal. It describes a state of intense mental or physical struggle.
Inflection: Present Active Participle, Masculine/Neuter, Genitive Plural
Strong’s number: G5200 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 16 — 4:89
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΑΓΩΝΙΖΩ.
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.
- ΑΓΩΝΙΖΩ — to contend, to strive, to fight, to struggle, to compete, to labor fervently
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