ἀγωνίζομαι (ἀγών), [in LXX: Da TH 6:14 (שׂוּם בָּל), Sir.4:28, I, II, 4Mac .5 * ;] 1. to contend for a prize: 1Co.9:25, 2. to fight, struggle, strive: Jhn.18:36; metaphorically (MM, VGT, see word). Col.1:29 4:12, 1Ti.4:10 6:12, 2Ti.4:7; with inf. (Field, Notes, 66), Luk.13:24 (Cremer, 609) † (AS)
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G75 — ἀγωνίζομαι
agōnizomai · to struggle · Greek
7 tagged verse occurrences
Luke 13:24 · ἀγωνίζεσθε“Strive to enter in by the narrow door, for many, I tell you, will seek to enter in, and will not be able.John 18:36 · ἠγωνίζοντοJesus answered, “My Kingdom is not of this world. If my Kingdom were of this world, then my servants would fight, that I wouldn’t be delivered to the Jews. But now my Kingdom is not from here.”1 Corinthians 9:25 · ἀγωνιζόμενοςEvery man who strives in the games exercises self-control in all things. Now they do it to receive a corruptible crown, but we an incorruptible.Colossians 1:29 · ἀγωνιζόμενοςfor which I also labor, striving according to his working, which works in me mightily.Colossians 4:12 · ἀγωνιζόμενοςEpaphras, who is one of you, a servant of Christ, salutes you, always striving for you in his prayers, that you may stand perfect and complete in all the will of God.1 Timothy 6:12 · ἀγωνίζουFight the good fight of faith. Lay hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.2 Timothy 4:7 · ἠγώνισμαι,I have fought the good fight. I have finished the course. I have kept the faith.