agōnos

Strong’sG73

a contest

stem agōn-6 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur

What it means

What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.

ἀγών, -ῶνος, ὁ

(< ἄγω), [in LXX: Is 7:13 (לאה), Es 4:17, Wi 4:2 10:12, II Mac6, IV Mac5*;]

1. a gathering, esp. for games.

2. a place of assembly.

3. a contest, struggle, trial; metaph. (MM, VGT, s.v.),

(a) of the Christian life as a contest and struggle: Phl 1:30, I Th 2:2, I Ti 6:12, II Ti 4:7 He 12:1;

(b) solicitude, anxiety: Col 2:1.†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.

Strong’s G73 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidag-one'

properly, a place of assembly (as if led), i.e. (by implication) a contest (held there); figuratively, an effort or anxiety

Fromfrom G71;

King Jamesconflict, contention, fight, race.

James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in

ἀγών [ᾰ], ῶνος, ὁ,
Aeolic dialect ἄγωνος, ου, ὁ, Refs 7th c.BC+; Elean dative plural ἀγώνοιρRefs: (ἄγω):—gathering, assembly, ἵζανεν εὐρὺν ἀ.Refs 8th c.BC+: especially assembly met to see games, frequently in Refs 8th c.BC+; Ὑπερβορέων ἀ. Pi Refs 4th c.BC+
2 place of contest, lists, course, βήτην ἐς μέσσον ἀ.Refs 8th c.BC+ out of the lists or course, i.e. beside the mark, Refs 8th c.BC+
II assembly of the Greeks at the national games, ὁ ἐν Ὀλυμπίῃ ἀ.Refs 5th c.BC+:— hence, contest for a prize at the games, ἀ. γυμνικός, ἱππικός, μουσικός, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. τῶν ἀνδρῶν contest in which the chorus was composed of men, opposed to to παίδων or ἀγενείων (which see), Refs 4th c.BC+; ἀ. στεφανηφόρος or στεφανίτης contest where the prize is a crown, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀ. χάλκεος, where it is a shield of brass, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἀργυρίτης δωρίτηςRefs 1st c.AD+ —hence many phrases, ἀγῶνα καταστῆσαι establish a contest, Refs 5th c.BC+; τοὺς ἀ. νικᾶνRefs 5th c.BC+; of contests in general, εἰς ἀ. λόγων ἀφικέσθαι τινίRefs 5th c.BC+; πρὸς τίν᾽ ἀγῶνας τιθέμεσθ᾽ ἀρετῆ; Refs 5th c.BC+
III generally, struggle, πολλοὺς ἀ. ἐξιών, of Hercules, Refs 5th c.BC+; ψυχῆς ἀ. τὸν προκείμενον πέρι struggle for life and death, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.2 battle, action, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.3 action at law, trial, Refs 5th c.BC+
III.4 speech delivered in court or before an assembly or ruler, πρεσβευτικοὶ ἀ.Refs 2nd c.BC+; ἀ. ἐσχηματισμένοιRefs 1st c.BC+
III.4.b Rhet., main argument of a speech (opposed to προοίμιον, ἐπίλογος), in plural, Syr.Refs
III.5 metaphorically, οὐ λόγων ἔθ᾽ ἁγών now is not the time for words, Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐχ ἕδρας ἀ. 'tis no time for sitting still, Refs; ἀ. πρόφασιν οὐ δέχεται the crisis admits no dallying, Refs 5th c.BC+; μέγας ὁ ἀ... τὸ χρηστὸν ἢ κακὸν γενέσθαι the issue is great.., Refs 5th c.BC+; οὐ περί τινος ὁ ἀ. the question is not about.., Refs 5th c.BC+
III.6 mental struggle, anxiety, NT+5th c.BC+
III.6.b of speakers, vehemence, power, Refs 3rd c.AD+
IV personified, Ἀγών, divinity of the contest, Refs 2nd c.AD+

H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.

Translated as

Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.

fight2×struggle2×opposition1×race1×

Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.

Biblang forms

Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.

Job in the sentence case	one singular	more than one plural
subject nominative	agōnos	agōnois
object accusative	agōnon5×ἀγῶνα	agōnoin
direct address vocative	agōnor	agōnoir
of, belonging to genitive	agōnou	agōnoiu
to, for dative	agōno1×ἀγῶνι	agōnoi

Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.

Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them

agōnstem+ogender+snru—its job in the sentence case+—ione · more than one number

agōno is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.

same in every form varies — every value shown

Where it appears

Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.

6 occurrences, every one of them listed

agōnon“fight”objectaccusative singular5×

Philippians 1:30ton auton agōnon echarōntois hoion horava en mi kai …since you are encountering the same struggle you saw I had, and now …

Colossians 2:1“struggle”Thelamō gar vin oidarē hēlikon agōnon echamō huper vu kai toiu en …For I want you to know how much I am struggling for you and for those at Laodicea, and for all who have not met …

1 Timothy 6:12agōnizosōr ton kalon agōnon tau pistiau, epilabesar tau aiōniau zōau, …Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of …

2 Timothy 4:7ton kalon agōnon agōnizomē, ton dromon telamē, tan pistian …I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I …

Hebrews 12:1… dia hupomonau trechaneiō ton prokeiorōnton ni agōnon,… let us run with endurance the race set out for us.

agōno“opposition”to, fordative singular1×

1 Thessalonians 2:2… tem euangeliem tou theou en pollo agōno.… But in the face of strong opposition, we were bold in our God …