ἀγών in the New Testament

Definitions

Thayer

1) an assembly
1a) a place of assembly: especially an assembly met to see games
1b) the place of contest, the arena or stadium
2) the assembly of the Greeks at their national games
2a) hence the contest for a prize at their games
2b) generally, any struggle or contest
2c) a battle
2d) an action at law, trial
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Citing in TDNT: 1:135, 20

Strong

G73
From G71; properly a place of assembly (as if led), that is, (by implication) a contest (held there); figuratively an effort or anxiety: - conflict, contention, fight, race.

Louw-Nida

GlossSection
a fight39.29
b race50.4

Classical Greek Dictionaries

These two sites give similar information, with the definition from several dictionaries and statistics on the use of the word.

Perseus Digital Library

University of Chicago's Logion lexicon

Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen

Strong's dictionary

Crosswalk

Thayer's dictionary plus other information.

LaParola

From this site's dictionary (in Italian)

In the New Testament

SBLWestcott/HortTischendorfByzantine
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