noun · feminine
agōnias
Greekἀγωνία (agōnia)
Strong’sG74
contest, agony
stem agōni-once in the New Testament1 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
** ἀγωνία, -ας, ἡ
(< ἀγών), [in LXX: II Mac 3:14, 16 15:19*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G74 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidag-o-nee'-ah
a struggle (properly, the state), i.e. (figuratively) anguish
Fromfrom G73;
King Jamesagony.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | agōnias | agōniais |
| object accusative | agōnian | agōniain |
| direct address vocative | agōniar | agōniair |
| of, belonging to genitive | agōniau | agōniaiu |
| to, for dative | agōnia1×ἀγωνίᾳ | agōniai |
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
agōnia 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
1 occurrence, every one of them listed
agōnia“anguish”to, fordative singular1×
Luke 22:44“anguish”kai gineratos en agōnia ektenesterem proseuchete; kai gineta tos hidrōos autou hōsei thrombois haimeu katabainarōtois epi tan gēan.And in His anguish, He prayed more earnestly, and His sweat became like drops of blood falling to the ground.