King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G1864
Transliteration: epagōnizomai
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ag-o-nid'-zom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to contend with or for
Meaning: to contend with or for
ἐπαγωνίζομαι; to contend: τίνι, for a thing, Jude 1:3. (τῷ Ἀννιβα, against Hannibal, Plutarch, Fab. 23, 2; ταῖς νικαις, added a new contest to his victories, id. Cim. 13, 4; by others in different senses.)
Word Summary
epagōnizomai: to contend with or for
Original Word: ἐπαγωνίζομαιTransliteration: epagōnizomai
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ag-o-nid'-zom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to contend with or for
Meaning: to contend with or for
Strong's Concordance
earnestly contendFrom epi and agonizomai; to struggle for -- earnestly contend foreign
see GREEK epi
see GREEK agonizomai
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1864: ἐπαγωνίζομαιἐπαγωνίζομαι; to contend: τίνι, for a thing, Jude 1:3. (τῷ Ἀννιβα, against Hannibal, Plutarch, Fab. 23, 2; ταῖς νικαις, added a new contest to his victories, id. Cim. 13, 4; by others in different senses.)