agōnizomai · fight, strive

What it means

agōnizomai (ἀγωνίζομαι) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “fight, strive”.

Strive, struggle, fight.

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. Put all one's strength in, like an athlete in a race.

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

How it is translated

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

• Fight ×1
• I have fought ×1
• Strive ×1
• be fighting ×1
• competes ×1
• striving ×1
• struggling ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Luke×1
• John×1
• 1 Corinthians×1
• Colossians×2
• 1 Timothy×1
• 2 Timothy×1

• Luke 13:24

  “Strive to enter through the narrow door, because many, I tell you, will seek to enter and will not be able.

• John 18:36

  Jesus answered, “My kingdom is not of this world. If my kingdom were of this world, my officers would be fighting so that I would not be handed over to the Jews. But as it is, my kingdom is not from here.”

• 1 Corinthians 9:25

  And everyone who competes exercises self-control in all things; they then do it to receive a perishable crown, but we an imperishable one.

• Colossians 1:29

  To this end I also labor, striving according to his working which works in me in power.

• Colossians 4:12

  Epaphras, who is one of you, a slave of the Messiah, greets you, always struggling on behalf of you in his prayers, so that you may stand mature and fully assured in all the will of God.

• 1 Timothy 6:12

  Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of eternal life, to which you were called and for which you made the good confession before many witnesses.

• 2 Timothy 4:7

  I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.