Strong's Lexicon
G73 — ἀγών
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G73 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἀγών |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Etymology: | from G71 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 6 |
| Transliteration: | agon |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ag-one' |
| Meaning: | 1. (properly) a place of assembly (as if led) 2. (by implication) a contest (held there) 3. (figuratively) an effort or anxiety |
| KJV Renderings: | conflict, contention, fight, race |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀγών, ἀγῶνος, ὁ (ἄγω);
1. a place of assembly (Homer, Iliad 7, 298; 18, 376); specifically, the place in which the greeks assembled to celebrate solemn games (as the Pythian, the Olympian); hence,
2. a contest, of athletes, runners, charioteers. In a figurative sense,
a. in the phrase (used by the greeks, see τρέχω, b.) τρέχειν τόν ἀγῶνα, Heb 12:1, that is to say ’Amid all hindrances let us exert ourselves to the utmost to attain to the goal of perfection set before the followers of Christ’; any struggle with dangers, annoyances, obstacles, standing in the way of faith, holiness, and a desire to spread the gospel: 1Th 2:2; Php 1:30; 1Ti 6:12; 2Ti 4:7.
b. intense solicitude, anxiety: περί τίνος, Col 2:1 (cf. Euripides, Ph. 1350; Polybius 4, 56, 4). On the ethical use of figures borrowed from the greek games cf. grimm on Wis 4:1; (Howson, Metaphors of St. Paul, Essay iv.; Conyb. and Hows. Life and Epistles of St. Paul, chapter xx.; McClintock and Strong’s Cyclopaedia iii. 733bf; BB. DD. under the word ).
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἀγών (conflict)
Philippians 1:30
- KJV: Having the same conflict which ye saw in me and now hear in me
- GK: τον αυτόν αγώνα έχοντες οίον είδετε εν εμοί και νυν ακούετε εν εμοί
Colossians 2:1
- KJV: For I would that ye knew what great conflict I have for you and them at Laodicea and as many as have not seen my face in the flesh
- GK: θέλω γαρ υμάς ειδέναι ηλίκον αγώνα έχω περί υμών και των εν Λαοδικεία και όσοι ουχ εωράκασι το πρόσωπόν μου εν σαρκί
1 Thessalonians 2:2
- KJV: But even after that we had suffered before and were shamefully entreated as ye know at Philippi we were bold in our God to speak unto you the gospel of God with much contention
- GK: αλλά και προπαθόντες και υβρισθέντες καθώς οίδατε εν Φιλίπποις επαρρησιασάμεθα εν τω θεώ ημών λαλήσαι προς υμάς το ευαγγέλιον του θεού εν πολλώ αγώνι
1 Timothy 6:12
- KJV: Fight the good fight of faith lay hold on eternal life where unto thou art also called and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses
- GK: αγωνίζου τον καλόν αγώνα της πίστεως επιλαβού της αιωνίου ζωής εις ην και εκλήθης και ωμολόγησας την καλήν ομολογίαν ενώπιον πολλών μαρτύρων
2 Timothy 4:7
- KJV: I have fought a good fight I have finished course I have kept the faith
- GK: τον αγώνα τον καλόν ηγώνισμαι τον δρόμον τετέλεκα την πίστιν τετήρηκα
Hebrews 12:1
- KJV: Wherefore seeing we also are compassed about with so great a cloud of witnesses let us lay aside every weight and the sin which doth so easily beset let us run with patience the race that is set before us
- GK: τοιγαρούν και ημείς τοσούτον έχοντες περικείμενον ημίν νέφος μαρτύρων όγκον αποθέμενοι πάντα και την ευπερίστατον αμαρτίαν δι΄ υπομονής τρέχωμεν τον προκείμενον ημίν αγώνα