Strong's Concordance epagónizomai: to contend with or for Original Word: ἐπαγωνίζομαιPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: epagónizomai Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ag-o-nid'-zom-ahee) Short Definition: I contend earnestly for Definition: I contend earnestly for. HELPS Word-studies 1864 epagōnízomai (from 1909 /epí, "focused on" and 73 /agṓn, "a contest, competition") – properly, to contend (literally, "struggle upon, appropriately"), i.e. with skill and commitment in opposing whatever is not of faith (God's persuasion). 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.) Strong's Exhaustive Concordance earnestly contendFrom epi and agonizomai; to struggle for -- earnestly contend foreign see GREEK epi see GREEK agonizomai Forms and Transliterations επαγωνιζεσθαι επαγωνίζεσθαι ἐπαγωνίζεσθαι επάδοντι επαδόντων επάδων επάσαι epagonizesthai epagonízesthai epagōnizesthai epagōnízesthaiLinks Interlinear Greek • Interlinear Hebrew • Strong's Numbers • Englishman's Greek Concordance • Englishman's Hebrew Concordance • Parallel TextsEnglishman's Concordance Strong's Greek 18641 Occurrence ἐπαγωνίζεσθαι — 1 Occ. Jude 1:3 V-PNM/P GRK: ὑμῖν παρακαλῶν ἐπαγωνίζεσθαι τῇ ἅπαξ NAS: to you appealing that you contend earnestly for the faith KJV: and exhort [you] that ye should earnestly contend for the faith INT: to you exhorting [you] to contend earnestly for the once for all |