verb

sunagōnizemō

Greekσυναγωνίζομαι (sunagōnizomai)

Strong’sG4865

I struggle in company with

stem sunagōniz-once in the New Testament1 forms occur

Translated as

strive together with1×

What it means

* συν-αγωνίζομαι

to strive together with, to help (prop., of sharing in a contest): c. dat. pers. et rei, Ro 15:30.†

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

Strong’s G4865 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from

Saidsoon-ag-o-nid'-zom-ahee

to struggle in company with, i.e. (figuratively) to be a partner (assistant)

Fromfrom G4862 and G75;

King Jamesstrive together with.

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

Forms in the New Testament

Form and the Greek behind it	What it is	Usually	Times
sunagōnizeraσυναγωνίσασθαί	happened · the “to …” formaorist middle infinitive	strive together with	1×

Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.

Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses

Statements — indicative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	was happening imperfect	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect	had happened pluperfect
I 1st person singular	sunagōnizemō	sunagōnizeme	sunagōnizemi	sunagōnizema	sunagōnizemē	sunagōnizemelē
you 2nd person singular	sunagōnizesō	sunagōnizese	sunagōnizesi	sunagōnizesa	sunagōnizesē	sunagōnizeselē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sunagōnizetō	sunagōnizete	sunagōnizeti	sunagōnizeta	sunagōnizetē	sunagōnizetelē
we 1st person plural	sunagōnizenō	sunagōnizene	sunagōnizeni	sunagōnizena	sunagōnizenē	sunagōnizenelē
ye 2nd person plural	sunagōnizevō	sunagōnizeve	sunagōnizevi	sunagōnizeva	sunagōnizevē	sunagōnizevelē
they 3rd person plural	sunagōnizelō	sunagōnizele	sunagōnizeli	sunagōnizela	sunagōnizelē	sunagōnizelelē

May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
I 1st person singular	sunagōnizemeiō	sunagōnizemeia	sunagōnizemeiē
you 2nd person singular	sunagōnizeseiō	sunagōnizeseia	sunagōnizeseiē
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sunagōnizeteiō	sunagōnizeteia	sunagōnizeteiē
we 1st person plural	sunagōnizeneiō	sunagōnizeneia	sunagōnizeneiē
ye 2nd person plural	sunagōnizeveiō	sunagōnizeveia	sunagōnizeveiē
they 3rd person plural	sunagōnizeleiō	sunagōnizeleia	sunagōnizeleiē

Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist	has happened perfect
you 2nd person singular	sunagōnizesōr	sunagōnizesar	sunagōnizesēr
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sunagōnizetōr	sunagōnizetar	sunagōnizetēr
ye 2nd person plural	sunagōnizevōr	sunagōnizevar	sunagōnizevēr
they 3rd person plural	sunagōnizelōr	sunagōnizelar	sunagōnizelēr

Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences

Who person	happening now present	happened aorist
I 1st person singular	sunagōnizemoiō	sunagōnizemoia
you 2nd person singular	sunagōnizesoiō	sunagōnizesoia
he/she/it 3rd person singular	sunagōnizetoiō	sunagōnizetoia
we 1st person plural	sunagōnizenoiō	sunagōnizenoia
ye 2nd person plural	sunagōnizevoiō	sunagōnizevoia
they 3rd person plural	sunagōnizeloiō	sunagōnizeloia

The “to …” form — infinitive, 1 occurrence

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	sunagōnizerō	sunagōnizeri	sunagōnizera1×συναγωνίσασθαί	sunagōnizerē

Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences

Who is acting voice	happening now present	will happen future	happened aorist	has happened perfect
acts on or for itself middle voice	sunagōnizerōtos	sunagōnizeritos	sunagōnizeratos	sunagōnizerētos

Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.

How every form is built — the slots that make them

sunagōnizstem+aeiwho is acting voice+mstnvl—who person+—eiroistatement, command, wish mood+ōeiaēelēwhen tense+—tthen it declines+—ogender+—sits job in the sentence case

sunagōniz 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

sunagōnizera“strive together with”happened · the “to …” formaorist middle infinitive1×

Romans 15:30“strive together with”Parakalamō de vin, adelfoir, dia tou kuriou nu Iēsu Christou kai dia tau agapau teu pneumeu sunagōnizera mi en tai proseuchai huper mu pros ton theon,Now I urge you, brothers, by our Lord Jesus Christ and by the love of the Spirit, to join me in my struggle by praying to God for me.