Lexical Summary synagōnizomai: to strive with Original Word: συναγωνίζομαιTransliteration: synagōnizomai Phonetic Spelling: (soon-ag-o-nid'-zom-ahee) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to strive with Meaning: to strive with Strong's Concordance strive together with. From sun and agonizomai; to struggle in company with, i.e. (figuratively) to be a partner (assistant) -- strive together with. see GREEK sun see GREEK agonizomai Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 4865: συναγωνίζομαισυναγωνίζομαι: 1 aorist middle infinitive συναγωνίσασθαί; from Thucydides and Xenophon down; to strive together with one, to help one in striving: τίνι ἐν τάς προσευχαῖς, in prayers, i. e. to offer intense prayers with one, Romans 15:30; in what sense intense prayer may be likened to a struggle, see Philippi at the passage ((cf. ἀγωνιζόμενος in Colossians 4:12 and Lightfoot's note)). |
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