Strong's Lexicon

G74

G74 — ἀγωνία

Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

GreekagonianounOccurrences: 1

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:G74
Word:ἀγωνία
Part of Speech:noun
Etymology:from G73
Language:Greek
Occurrences:1
Transliteration:agonia
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:ag-o-nee'-ah
Meaning:1. a struggle 2. (properly) the state of struggle 3. (figuratively) anguish
KJV Renderings:agony

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀγωνία, (ας, ;

1. equivalent to ἀγών, which see.

2. It is often used, from Demosthenes (on the Crown, p. 236, 19 ἦν ὁ Φίλιππος ἐν φόβῳ καί πολλή ἀγωνία) down, of severe mental struggles and emotions, agony, anguish: Luk 22:44 (L brackets WH reject the passage); (2Ma 3:14; 2Ma 3:16 2Ma 15:19; Josephus, Antiquities 11, 8, 4 ὁ ἀρχιερεύς ἦν ἐν ἀγωνία καί δηι. (Cf. Field, Otium Norv. iii. on Luke, the passage cited.)

Other Resources

Dictionary of New Testament Theology
Colin Brown

Englishman's Greek Concordance

ἀγωνία (agony)

Luke 22:44

KJV: And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground
GK: και γενόμενος εν αγωνία εκτενέστερον προσηύχετο εγένετο δε ο ιδρώς αυτού ωσεί θρόμβοι αίματος καταβαίνοντες επί την γην
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