Quick Definition
ἀγωνία, ας, ἡ n.f. contest, agony
Strong's Definition
from 73; a struggle (properly, the state), i.e. (figuratively) anguish
KJV Usage: agony
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | ἀγωνίζομαι
25.283 · Attitudes and Emotions · Sorrow, Regret
anguish, intense sorrow a state of great mental and emotional grief and anxiety
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἀγωνία, -as, 75 1. i. q. ἀγών, which see. 2. Τὸ 18 often used, from Dem. (on the Crown p. 236, 19 ἢν ὁ Φίλιππος ἐν φόβῳ καὶ πολλῇ ἀγωνίᾳ) down, of severe mental struggles and emotions, agony, anguish: Lk. xxii. 44 [L br. WH reject the pass.]; (2 Mace. iii. 14, 16; xv.19; Joseph. antt. 11,8, 4 6 ἀρχιερεὺς ἦν ἐν ἀγωνίᾳ καὶ δέει). [Cf. Field, Otium Norv. iii. on Lk. 1. 6.1" ἀγωνίζομαι ; impf. ἠγωνιζύμην ; pf. ἠἡγώνισμαι; ἃ depon. mid. verb [οἵ. W. 260 (244)]; (ἀγών) ; 1. to enter a contest; contend in the gymnastic games: 1 Co. ix. 25. 2. univ. to contend with adversaries, fight: foll. by ἵνα μή, Jn. xviii. 36. 3. fig. to contend, struggle, with difficulties and dangers antagonistic to the gospel: Col. i. 29; 1 Tim. iv. 10 (L T Tr txt. WH txt.; for Rec. ὀνειδιζόμεθα) ; ἀγωνίζομαι ἀγῶνα (often used by the Greeks also, esp. the Attic), 1 Tim. vi. 12; 2 Tim. iv. ae 4. to endeavor with strenuous zeal, strive, to obtain something ; foll. by an inf., Lk. xiii. 24 ; ὑπέρ τινος ἐν ταῖς προσευχαῖς. ἵνα. Col. iv. 12. [Comp.: ἀντ-, ἐπ-» κατ-ν συν-αγωνίζομαι.}
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἀγωνία agōnia 1x
contest, violent struggle; agony, anguish, Lk. 22:44*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
** ἀγωνία, -ας, ἡ
(< ἀγών), [in LXX: II Mac 3:14, 16 15:19*;]
a contest, wrestling (Eur., Xen.).
Of the mind, great fear, agony, anguish (Dem., Arist.): Lk 22:44 (cf . Field, Notes, 77 f. ; Abbott, Essays, 101 f. ; MM, VGT, s.v.).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἀγωνία. P Tebt II. 42318 (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,” “τὸ fear.” Thus P Petr II. 11 (1) ἵνα εἰδῶμεν ἐν ols εἶ Kal μὴ ἀγωνιῶμεν, “that we may know what you are about, and we may not be anxious” (Ed.) ; 7d. 111. 53 (/)!° 1: ov yap ὡς ἔτυχεν ἀγωνιῶμεν, “for we are in a state of no ordinary anxiety” (Edd.); P Oxy IV. 7444 (B.c. 1) (= Selections, p. 32), μὴ ἀγωνιᾷς, ‘do not worry’; 70.14 ἐρωτῶ oe οὖν ἵνα μὴ ἀγωνιάσῃς, “1 urge you therefore not to worry.” An almost contemporary instance is afforded by BGU IV. 1078°® (A.D. 39) ὅτι ἀγωνιῶ περὶ ὑμῶν : of a later date are P Giss I. 17°1# (time of Hadrian), τό. 19% μεγάλως ἀγωνιῶσα περί σου, PSI 947° (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 ᾿Αληθῶς υἱὸς ἣν θεοῦ. On the translation of ἀγωνία in Lk 2244 see a note by Moffatt in Zag. VIII. vii. p. 91 ff.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἀγωνία (agōnia) — a struggle. ἀγων-ία, ἡ, contest, struggle for victory, ἀγὼν διὰ πάσης ἀγωνίης ἔχων[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἅπασαν ἀ. ἐκτεἶναι [[Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. gymnastic exercise, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: generally, exercise, [Refs]
3. of the mind, agony, anguish, ἐν φόβῳ καὶ πολλῇ ἀ.[Refs 4th c.BC+]