agō · lead, bring

What it means

agō (ἄγω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “lead, bring”.

Take along.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. To lead a person or an animal from one place to another.
2. An invitation to set out together.
3. For a day to pass: "today is the third day".

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

To lead, bring, take someone or something to a place. In the passive, to be led or guided. In the plural subjunctive, as an invitation, “let us go”. Many compounds come from this verb: συνάγω (gather), ὑπάγω (go away), ἐξάγω (lead out).

• Bringing someone before another John 1:42Luke 4:29Acts 6:12
• Bringing animals or things Matthew 21:7
• Being led, being led by the Spirit Luke 4:1Romans 8:14
• “Let us go” John 11:7Mark 14:42
• Of time: “this is the third day” Luke 24:21

How we translate it

“Brought” 15 times, “bring” 13, “led” 8, “brought him” 7, “be brought” 6, according to the direction; “are led” in Romans 8:14 and Galatians 5:18. The hortatory form is translated “Let us go” (7 times, John 11:7). In Luke 24:21 the verb counts the days and is translated “this is the third day”.

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• brought ×15
• bring ×13
• led ×8
• brought him ×7
• let us go ×7
• be brought ×6
• bringing ×3
• Come ×2
• he was led ×2
• they lead ×2
• others ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• Mark×3
• Luke×13
• John×12
• Acts×26
• Romans×2
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Galatians×1
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• 2 Timothy×2
• Hebrews×1
• James×2

• Matthew 10:18

  and you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a testimony to them and to the nations.

• Matthew 21:2

  saying to them, “Go into the village that is opposite you, and at once you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her; untie them and bring them to me.

• Matthew 21:7

  they brought the donkey and the colt and put on them their cloaks, and he sat on them.

• Matthew 26:46

  Get up, let us go; look, the one who hands me over has come near.”

• Mark 1:38

  And he says to them, “Let us go elsewhere, into the nearby towns, so that I may proclaim the message there also; for that is why I came out.”

• Mark 13:11

  And when they lead you away, handing you over, do not worry beforehand what you are to say, but whatever is given you in that hour, say that; for it is not you who are speaking, but the Holy Spirit.

• Mark 14:42

  Get up, let us go; look, the one who hands me over has come near.”

• Luke 4:1

  And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and he was led by the Spirit in the wilderness

• Luke 4:9

  And he brought him to Jerusalem and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, throw yourself down from here;

• Luke 4:29

  and rising up, they drove him out of the town, and they led him to the brow of the hill on which their town had been built, so as to throw him down the cliff.

• Luke 4:40

  Now as the sun was setting, all who had any who were sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he, laying his hands on each one of them, was healing them.

• Luke 10:34

  And he went to him and bandaged his wounds, pouring on oil and wine; and putting him on his own animal, he brought him to an inn and took care of him.

• Luke 18:40

  And Jesus, stopping, ordered him to be brought to him. And when he had come near, he asked him,

• Luke 19:27

  But these enemies of mine, who did not want me to reign over them, bring here and slaughter them before me.’”

• Luke 19:30

  saying, “Go into the village ahead of you, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, on which no person has ever sat; untie it and bring it.

• Luke 19:35

  And they brought it to Jesus, and throwing their cloaks on the colt, they set Jesus on it.

• Luke 22:54

  And seizing him, they led him away and brought him into the house of the high priest; and Peter was following at a distance.

• Luke 23:1

  And the whole multitude of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.

• Luke 23:32

  And two others, criminals, were also being led with him to be put to death.

• Luke 24:21

  But we were hoping that he was the one who was going to redeem Israel. Indeed, along with all these things, this is the third day since these things happened.

• John 1:42

  He brought him to Jesus. Looking at him, Jesus said, “You are Simon the son of John; you will be called Cephas” (which is translated Peter).

• John 7:45

  So the officers came to the high priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why did you not bring him?”

• John 9:13

  They bring him, the man who had once been blind, to the Pharisees.

• John 10:16

  And I have other sheep that are not of this fold; I must bring them also, and they will listen to my voice, and they will become one flock, one shepherd.

• John 11:7

  Then after this he says to the disciples, “Let us go to Judea again.”

• John 11:15

  and I am glad for your sake that I was not there, so that you may believe. But let us go to him.”

• John 11:16

  So Thomas, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let us also go, so that we may die with him.”

• John 14:31

  but so that the world may know that I love the Father, and that just as the Father commanded me, so I do. Get up, let us go from here.”

• John 18:13

  And they led him first to Annas; for he was the father-in-law of Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.

• John 18:28

  So they lead Jesus from Caiaphas to the praetorium. It was early. And they themselves did not enter into the praetorium, so that they would not be defiled but could eat the Passover.

• John 19:4

  And Pilate went outside again and says to them, “Look, I am bringing him out to you, so that you may know that I find no ground for a charge in him.”

• John 19:13

  So when Pilate heard these words, he brought Jesus outside and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called the Stone Pavement, and in Hebrew Gabbatha.

• Acts 5:21

  And having heard this, they entered into the temple at daybreak and began teaching. Now when the high priest and those with him arrived, they called together the council and all the council of elders of the sons of Israel, and sent to the prison for them to be brought.

• Acts 5:26

  Then the captain went with the officers and brought them, not with force, for they were afraid of the people, that they might be stoned.

• Acts 5:27

  And having brought them, they set them before the council. And the high priest questioned them,

• Acts 6:12

  And they stirred up the people and the elders and the scribes, and coming upon him, they seized him and brought him to the council,

• Acts 8:32

  Now the passage of Scripture that he was reading was this: “Like a sheep he was led to slaughter, and like a lamb silent before the one who shears it, so he does not open his mouth.

• Acts 9:2

  and asked from him letters to Damascus, to the synagogues, so that if he found any who were of the Way, both men and women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.

• Acts 9:21

  And all who heard were amazed and were saying, “Is this not the one who in Jerusalem ravaged those who call on this name, and who had come here for this purpose, that he might bring them bound before the high priests?”

• Acts 9:27

  But Barnabas took hold of him and brought him to the apostles, and he described to them how on the road he had seen the Lord, and that he had spoken to him, and how in Damascus he had spoken boldly in the name of Jesus.

And 28 more times.