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SBL Greek New Testament lexicon

ἀγωνίζομαι

Lemmaἀγωνίζομαι
Citation formἀγωνίζομαι
Part of speechverb
GlossI strive, contend
Strong’sG0075
Transliterationagōnízomai
Definitionto struggle, literally (to compete for a prize), figuratively (to contend with an adversary), or genitive case (to endeavor to accomplish something)
KJV glosses:--fight, labor fervently, strive.
Derivationfrom
SBLGNT occurrences7

Forms and grammatical context

Each form is parsed from its actual MorphGNT occurrence; a form may have more than one analysis depending on context.

Greek formGrammar and occurrences
Ἀγωνίζεσθε
verb, second person, present, middle, plural (MorphGNT 2PMD-P--)Luke 13:24
ἀγωνιζόμενος
verb, present, middle, participle, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PMPNSM-)1 Corinthians 9:25
verb, present, middle, participle, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PMPNSM-)Colossians 1:29
verb, present, middle, participle, nominative, singular, masculine (MorphGNT -PMPNSM-)Colossians 4:12
ἀγωνίζου
verb, second person, present, middle, singular (MorphGNT 2PMD-S--)1 Timothy 6:12
ἠγωνίζοντο
verb, third person, imperfect, middle, indicative, plural (MorphGNT 3IMI-P--)John 18:36
ἠγώνισμαι
verb, first person, perfect, middle, indicative, singular (MorphGNT 1XMI-S--)2 Timothy 4:7

Morphology

Occurrences

Septuagint occurrences

The same normalized Greek lemma occurs in the Rahlfs Septuagint: αγωνιζομαι.