Strong's Lexicon
G71 — ἄγω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G71 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἄγω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | a primary verb |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 69 |
| Transliteration: | ago |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ag'-o |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) to lead 2. (by implication) to bring, drive 3. (reflexively) to go 4. (specially) to pass (time) 5. (figuratively) to induce |
| KJV Renderings: | be, bring (forth), carry, (let) go, keep, lead away, be open |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄγω; imperfect ἦγον; future ἄξω; 2 aorist ἤγαγον, infinitive ἀγαγεῖν (more rarely 1 aorist ᾖξα, in ἐπάγω 2Pe 2:5); passive, present ά᾿γομαι; imperfect ἠγόμην; 1 aorist ἤχθην; 1 future ἀχθήσομαι; (from Homer down); to drive, lead.
1. properly (A. V. ordinarily, to bring);
a. to lead by laying hold of, and in this way to bring to the point of destination: of an animal, Mat 21:7; Luk 19:35; Mar 11:7 (T Tr WH φέρουσιν); (Luk 19:30); τινα followed by εἰς with the accusative of place, Luk 4:9 (others refer this to 2 c.); Luk 10:34; (ἤγαγον καί εἰσήγαγον, Luk 22:54); Joh 18:28; Act 6:12; Act 9:2; Act 17:5 (R g); Rec.; ; ἐπί with the accusative, Act 17:19; ἕως, Luk 4:29; πρός τινα, to persons, Luke (Luk 4:40); ; Act 9:27; Joh 8:3 (Rec.).
b. to lead by accompanying to (into) any place: εἰς, Act 11:26 (Act 11:25); ἕως, Act 17:15; πρός τινα, to persons, Joh 1:42 (Joh 1:43); ; Act 23:18; followed by the dative of person to whom, Act 21:16 on which see Winers grammar, 214 (201) at length (cf. Buttmann, 284 (244)) (1Ma 7:2 ἄγειν αὐτούς αὐτῷ).
c. to lead with oneself, attach to oneself as an attendant: τινα, 2Ti 4:11; 1Th 4:14 (Josephus, Antiquities 10, 9, 6 ἀπῆρεν εἰς τήν Αἴγυπτον ἀγών καί Ιερεμιαν). Some refer Act 21:16 to this head, resolving it ἄγοντες Μνάσωνα παρ’ ᾧ ξενισθῶμεν, but incorrectly, see Winers grammar (and Buttmann) as above.
d. to conduct, bring: τινα (Luk 19:27); Joh 7:45; (Joh 19:4; Joh 19:13); Act 5:21; Act 5:26,(); ; πῶλον, Mar 11:2 (where T Tr WH φέρετε); (Luk 19:30, see a. above); τινα τίνι or τί τίνι, Mat 21:2; Act 13:23 g L T Tr WH.
e. to lead away, to a court of justice, magistrate, etc.: simply, Mar 13:11; (Act 25:17); ἐπί with the accusative, Mat 10:18; Luk 21:12 (T Tr WH ἀπαγομένους; (Luk 23:1); Acts (Act 9:21); Act 18:12; (often in Attic); (πρός with the accusative, Joh 18:13 L T Tr WH); to punishment: simply (2Ma 6:29 2Ma 7:18, etc.), Joh 19:16 griesbach (R καί ἀπήγαγον, which L T Tr WH have expunged); with the telic infinitive, Luk 23:32; (followed by ἵνα, Mar 15:20 Lachmann); ἐπί σφαγήν, Act 8:32 (ἐπί θανάτῳ, Xenophon, mem. 4, 4, 3; an. 1, 6, 10).
2. tropically,
a. to lead, guide, direct: Joh 10:16; εἰς μετάνοιαν, Rom 2:4.
b. to lead through, conduct, to something, become the author of good or of evil to some one: εἰς δόξαν, Heb 2:10 (εἰς (others, ἐπί) καλοκἀγαθίαν, Xenophon, mem. 1, 6, 14; εἰς δουλείαν, Demosthenes, p. 213, 28).
c. to more, impel, of forces and influences affecting the mind: Luk 4:1 (where read ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ (with L text T Tr WH)); πνεύματι Θεοῦ ἄγεσθαι, Rom 8:14; Gal 5:18; ἐπιθυμίαις, 2Ti 3:6; simply, urged on by blind impulse, 1Co 12:2 — unless impelled by Satan’s influence be preferable, cf. 1Co 10:20; Eph 2:2; (Buttmann, 383f (328f)).
3. to pass a day, keep or celebrate a feast, etc.: τρίτην ἡμέραν ἄγει namely, ὁ Ἰσραήλ, Luk 24:21 (others (see Meyer) supply αὐτός or ὁ Ἰησοῦς; still others take ἄγει as impersonal, one passes, Vulg.tertiadiesest; see Buttmann, 134 (118)); γενεσίων ἀγομένων, Mat 14:6 R g; ἀγοραῖοι (which see, 2), Act 19:38; often in the O. T. Apocrypha (cf. Wahl, Claris Apocr. under the word ἄγω, 3), in Herodotus and Attic writers.
4. intransitive, to go, depart (Winers grammar, § 38, 1, p. 251 (236); (Buttmann, 144 (126))): ἄγωμεν let us go, Mat 26:46; Mar 14:42; Joh 14:31; πρός τινα, Joh 11:15; εἰς with the accusative of place, Mar 1:38; Joh 11:7 (Epictetus diss. 3, 22, 55 ἄγωμεν, ἐπί τόν ἀνθύπατον); (followed by ἵνα, Joh 11:16. Compare: ἀνάγω, ἐπανάγω, ἀπάγω, συναπάγω, διάγω, εἰσάγω, παρεισάγω, ἐξάγω, ἐπάγω, κατάγω, μετάγω παράγω, περιάγω, προάγω, προσάγω, συνάγω, ἐπισυνάγω, ὑπάγω. Synonym: cf. Schmidt, chapter 105.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἄγω (be)
Matthew 10:18
- KJV: And ye shall be brought before governors and kings for my sake for a testimony against them and the Gentiles
- GK: και επί ηγεμόνας δε και βασιλείς αχθήσεσθε ένεκεν εμού εις μαρτύριον αυτοίς και τοις έθνεσιν
Matthew 14:6
- KJV: But when Herod’s birthday was kept the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod
- GK: γενεσίων δε αγομένων του Ηρώδου ωρχήσατο η θυγάτηρ της Ηρωδιάδος εν τω μέσω και ήρεσε τω Ηρώδη
Matthew 21:2
- KJV: Saying unto them Go into the village over against you and straightway ye shall find an ass tied and a colt with her loose and bring unto me
- GK: λέγων αυτοίς πορεύθητε εις την κώμην την απέναντι υμών και ευθέως ευρήσετε όνον δεδεμένην και πώλον μετ΄ αυτής λύσαντες αγάγετέ μοι
Matthew 21:7
- KJV: And brought the ass and the colt and put on them their clothes and they set thereon
- GK: ήγαγον την όνον και τον πώλον και επέθηκαν επάνω αυτών τα ιμάτια αυτών και επεκάθισεν επάνω αυτών
Matthew 26:46
- KJV: Rise let us be going behold he is at hand that doth betray me
- GK: εγείρεσθε άγωμεν ιδού ήγγικεν ο παραδιδούς με
Mark 1:38
- KJV: And he said unto them Let us go into the next towns that I may preach there also for therefore came I forth
- GK: και λέγει αυτοίς άγωμεν εις τας εχομένας κωμοπόλεις ίνα και εκεί κηρύξω εις τούτο γαρ εξελήλυθα
Mark 11:2
- KJV: And saith unto them Go your way into the village over against you and as soon as ye be entered into it ye shall find a colt tied whereon never man sat loose him and bring
- GK: και λέγει αυτοίς υπάγετε εις την κώμην κατέναντι υμών και ευθέως εισπορευόμενοι εις αυτή ευρήσετε πώλον δεδεμένον εφ΄ ον ουδείς ανθρώπων κεκάθικε λύσαντες αυτόν αγάγετε
Mark 11:7
- KJV: And they brought the colt to Jesus and cast their garments on him and he sat upon him
- GK: και ήγαγον τον πώλον προς τον Ιησούν και επέβαλον αυτώ τα ιμάτια αυτών και εκάθισεν επ΄ αυτώ
Mark 13:9
- KJV: But take heed to yourselves for they shall deliver you up to councils and in the synagogues ye shall be beaten and ye shall be brought before rulers and kings for my sake for a testimony against them
- GK: βλέπετε δε υμείς εαυτούς παραδώσουσιν γαρ υμάς εις συνέδρια και εις συναγωγάς δαρήσεσθε και επί ηγεμόνων και βασιλέων αχθήσεσθε ένεκεν εμού εις μαρτύριον αυτοίς
Mark 13:11
- KJV: But when they shall lead you and deliver you up take no thought beforehand what ye shall speak neither do ye premeditate but whatsoever shall be given you in that hour that speak ye for it is not ye that speak but the Holy Ghost
- GK: όταν δε αγάγωσιν υμάς παραδιδόντες μη προμεριμνάτε τι λαλήσητέ μηδέ μελετάτε αλλ΄ ο εάν δοθή υμίν εν εκείνη τη ώρα τούτο λαλείτε ου γαρ εστε υμείς οι λαλούντες αλλά το πνεύμα το άγιον
Mark 14:42
- KJV: Rise up let us go lo he that betrayeth me is at hand
- GK: εγείρεσθε άγωμεν ιδού ο παραδιδούς με ήγγικε
Luke 4:1
- KJV: And Jesus being full of the Holy Ghost returned from Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness
- GK: Ιησούς δε πνεύματος αγίου πλήρης υπέστρεψεν από του Ιορδάνου και ήγετο εν τω πνεύματι εις την έρημον
Luke 4:9
- KJV: And he brought him to Jerusalem and set him on a pinnacle of the temple and said unto him If thou be the Son of God cast thyself down from hence
- GK: και ήγαγεν αυτόν εις Ιερουσαλήμ και έστησεν αυτόν επί το πτερύγιον του ιερού και είπεν αυτώ ει ο υιός ει του θεού βάλε σεαυτόν εντεύθεν κάτω
Luke 4:29
- KJV: And rose up and thrust him out of the city and led him unto the brow of the hill whereon their city was built that they might cast him down headlong
- GK: και αναστάντες εξέβαλον αυτόν έξω της πόλεως και ήγαγον αυτόν έως οφρύος του όρους εφ΄ ου η πόλις αυτών ωκοδόμητο εις το κατακρημνίσαι αυτόν
Luke 4:40
- KJV: Now when the sun was setting all they that had any sick with divers diseases brought them unto him and he laid his hands every one of them and healed them
- GK: δύνοντος δε του ηλίου πάντες όσοι είχον ασθενούντας νόσοις ποικίλαις ήγαγον αυτούς προς αυτόν ο δε ενί εκάστω αυτών τας χείρας επιθείς εθεράπευσεν αυτούς
Luke 10:34
- KJV: And went to and bound up his wounds pouring in oil and wine and set him on his own beast and brought him to an inn and took care of him
- GK: και προσελθών κετέδησε τα τραύματα αυτού επιχέων έλαιον και οίνον επιβιβάσας δε αυτόν επί το ίδιον κτήνος ήγαγεν αυτόν εις πανδοχείον και επεμελήθη αυτού
Luke 18:40
- KJV: And Jesus stood and commanded him to be brought unto him and when he was come near he asked him
- GK: σταθείς δε ο Ιησούς εκέλευσεν αυτόν αχθήναι προς αυτόν εγγίσαντος δε αυτού επηρώτησεν αυτόν
Luke 19:27
- KJV: But those mine enemies which would not that I should reign over them bring hither and slay before me
- GK: πλην τους εχθρούς μου εκείνους τους μη θελήσαντάς με βασιλεύσαι επ΄ αυτούς αγάγετε ώδε και κατασφάξατε έμπροσθέν μου
Luke 19:30
- KJV: Saying Go ye into the village over against in the which at your entering ye shall find a colt tied whereon yet never man sat loose him and bring
- GK: ειπών υπάγετε εις την κατέναντι κώμην εν η εισπορευόμενοι ευρήσετε πώλον δεδεμένον εφ΄ ον ουδείς πώποτε ανθρώπων εκάθισε λύσαντες αυτόν αγάγετε
Luke 19:35
- KJV: And they brought him to Jesus and they cast their garments upon the colt and they set Jesus thereon
- GK: και ήγαγον αυτόν προς τον Ιησούν και επιρρίψαντες εαυτών τα ιμάτια επί τον πώλον επεβίβασαν τον Ιησούν
Luke 21:12
- KJV: But before all these they shall lay their hands on you and persecute delivering up to the synagogues and into prisons being brought before kings and rulers for my name’s sake
- GK: προ δε τούτων άπαντων επιβαλούσιν εφ΄ υμάς τας χείρας αυτών και διώξουσι παραδιδόντες εις συναγωγάς και φυλακάς αγομένους επί βασιλείς και ηγεμόνας ένεκεν του ονόματός μου
Luke 22:54
- KJV: Then took they him and led and brought him into the high priest’s house And Peter followed afar off
- GK: συλλαβόντες δε αυτόν ήγαγον και εισήγαγον αυτόν εις τον οίκον του αρχιερέως ο δε Πέτρος ηκολούθει μακρόθεν
Luke 23:1
- KJV: And the whole multitude of them arose and led him unto Pilate
- GK: και αναστάν άπαν το πλήθος αυτών ήγαγεν αυτόν επί τον Πιλάτον
Luke 23:32
- KJV: And there were also two other malefactors with him to be put to death
- GK: ήγοντο δε και έτεροι δύο κακούργοι συν αυτώ αναιρεθήναι
Luke 24:21
- KJV: But we trusted that it had been he which should have redeemed Israel and beside all this to day is the third day since these things were done
- GK: ημείς δε ηλπίζομεν ότι αυτός εστιν ο μέλλων λυτρούσθαι τον Ισραήλ αλλά γε συν πάσι τούτοις τρίτην ταύτην ημέραν άγει σήμερον αφ΄ ου ταύτα εγένετο
John 1:42
- KJV: And he brought him to Jesus And when Jesus beheld him he said Thou art Simon the son of Jona thou shalt be called Cephas which is by interpretation A stone
- GK: και ήγαγεν αυτόν προς τον Ισηούν εμβλέψας δε αυτώ ο Ιησούς είπε συ ει Σίμων ο υιός Ιωνά συ κληθήση Κηφάς ο ερμηνεύεται πέτρος
John 7:45
- KJV: Then came the officers to the chief priests and Pharisees and they said unto them Why have ye not brought him
- GK: ήλθον ούν οι υπηρέται προς τους αρχιερείς και Φαρισαίους και είπον αυτοίς εκείνοι διά τι ουκ ηγάγετε αυτόν
John 8:3
- KJV: And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery and when they had set her in the midst
- GK: άγουσι δε οι γραμματείς και οι Φαρισαίοι προς αυτόν γυναίκα εν μοιχεία κατειλημμένην και στήσαντες αυτήν εν μέσω
John 9:13
- KJV: They brought to the Pharisees him that aforetime was blind
- GK: άγουσιν αυτόν προς τους Φαρισσαίους τον ποτε τυφλόν
John 10:16
- KJV: And other sheep I have which are not of this fold them also I must bring and they shall hear my voice and there shall be one fold one shepherd
- GK: και αλλά πρόβατα έχω α ουκ έστιν εκ της αυλής ταύτης κακείνά με δει αγαγείν και της φωνής μου ακούσουσι και γενήσεται μία ποίμνη εις ποιμήν