A struggle
ἀγωνίαStrong’s G0074agōnia
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Agōnia is the Greek word usually translated “agony”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.”
Meaning
Usually translated “agony”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- agony 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Luke 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ἀγωνία agōnia · a struggle
ἀγωνία, -ας, ἡ (ἀγών), [in LXX: 2Ma.3:14,16 15:19 * ;] 1. a contest, wrestling (Eur., Xen.). 2. Of the mind, great fear, agony, anguish (Dem., Arist.): Luk.22:44 (cf . Field, Notes, 77 f. ; Abbott, Essays, 101 f. ; MM, VGT, see word). † (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “agony” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
AG'ONY, noun
[Gr. a contest with bodily exertion; a word used to denote the athletic games, in Greece; whence anguish, solicitude; from Latin ago. Gr. to strive. See Act.]
- In strictness, pain so extreme as to cause writhing or contortions of the body, similar to those made in the athletic contests in Greece.
- Extreme pain of body or mind; anguish; appropriately, the pangs of death, and the sufferings of our Savior in the garden of Gethsemane. Luke 22:44
- Violent contest or striving.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.