ἀγωνία, (ας, ἡ; 1. equivalent to ἀγών, which see. 2. It is often used, from Demosthenes (on the Crown, p. 236, 19 ἦν ὁ Φίλιππος ἐν φόβῳ καί πολλή ἀγωνία) down, of severe mental struggles and emotions, agony, anguish: Luk_22:44 (L brackets WH reject the passage); (2Ma_3:14; 2Ma_3:16 2Ma_15:19; Josephus, Antiquities 11, 8, 4 ὁ ἀρχιερεύς ἦν ἐν ἀγωνία καί δηι. (Cf. Field, Otium Norv. iii. on Luke, the passage cited.)

ἀγωνία agōnia 1x contest, violent struggle; agony, anguish, Luk_22:44

** ἀγωνία -ας , ἡ ( <ἀγών ), [in LXX : 2Ma_3:14 ; 2Ma_3:16 ; 2Ma_15:10 * ;] 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 , s.v. ).†

ἀγωνία [page 8] P Tebt II. 423 .13 f. (early iii/A.D.) ὡς εἰς ἀγωνίαν με γενέσθαι ἐν τῷ πάροντι , so I am at present very anxious (Edd.). The corresponding verb is common with the meaning to be distressed, to fear. Thus P Petr II. 11 (1) ἵνα εἰδῶμεν ἐν οἷς εἶ καὶ μὴ ἀγωνιῶμεν , that we may know what you are about, and we may not be anxious (Ed.); ib. III. 53 ( l ) .15 f. οὐ γὰρ ὡς ἔτυχεν ἀγωνιῶμεν , for we are in a state of no ordinary anxiety (Edd.); P Oxy IV. 744 .4 (B.C. 1) ( = Selections , p. 32), μὴ ἀγωνιᾷς , do not worry ; ib. .14 ἐρωτῶ σε οὖν ἵνα μὴ ἀγωνιάσῃς , I urge you therefore not to worry. An almost contemporary instance is afforded by BGU IV. 1078 .5 (A.D. 39) ὅτι ἀγωνιῶ περὶ ὑμῶν : of a later date are P Giss I. 17 .5,12 (time of Hadrian), ib. 19 .3 μεγάλως ἀγωνιῶσα περί σου , PSI 94 .16 (ii/A.D.) μὴ ἀγωνία δὲ περὶ τῶν ἱματίων . The verb is found twice in the apocryphal Gospel of Peter 5, ἠγωνίων μή ποτε ὁ ἥλιος ἔδυ , and 10 ἀγωνιῶντες μεγάλως καὶ λέγοντες Ἀληθῶς υἱὸς ἦν θεοῦ . On the translation of ἀγωνία in Luk_22:44 see a note by Moffatt in Exp. VIII. vii. p. 91 ff.

ἀγωνία [Etym: ἀγών] "a contest, struggle for victory", διὰ πάσης ἀγωνίης ἔχειν to embrace every kind "of contest", Hdt. ; πολεμίων ἀγωνία Eur. ; ἐν δημοτικῇ ἀγ. Xen. "gymnastic exercise, wrestling", Plat. , etc.: generally, "exercise", id=Plat. of the mind, "agony, anguish", ἐν φόβῳ καὶ πολλῇ ἀγωνίᾳ Dem.

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)