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Koine Greek wordlink #135139

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SR GNT Col 4:12 ἀγωνιζόμενος (agōnizomenos) ‘of chosen_one/messiah Yaʸsous/(Yəhōshūˊa) always striving for you_all in’ Strongs=750 Lemma=agōnizomai
Word role=verb mood=participle tense=present voice=middle case=nominative gender=masculine number=singular
Refers to Word #135131

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Other uses (2) of identical word form ἀγωνιζόμενος (V-PPM.NMS) in the Greek originals

The word form ‘ἀγωνιζόμενος’ (V-PPM.NMS) is always and only glossed as ‘striving’.

1Cor 9:25 ‘everyone but striving all things is controlling himself those’ SR GNT 1Cor 9:25 word 4

Col 1:29 ‘which also I am labouring striving according_to the working’ SR GNT Col 1:29 word 5

The various word forms of the root word (lemma) ‘agōnizomai’ have 6 different glosses: ‘be fighting’, ‘be striving’, ‘were fighting’, ‘I have fought’, ‘we are striving’, ‘striving’.

Greek words (2) other than ἀγωνιζόμενος (V-PPM.NMS) with a gloss related to ‘striving’

LUKE 13:24 ἀγωνίζεσθε (agōnizesthe) V-MPM2..P ‘be striving to come_in through the’ SR GNT Luke 13:24 word 1

1TIM 4:10 ἀγωνιζόμεθα (agōnizometha) V-IPM1..P ‘for we are labouring and we are striving because we have hoped in’ SR GNT 1Tim 4:10 word 7

Key: V=verb IPM1..P=indicative,present,middle,1st person plural MPM2..P=imperative,present,middle,2nd person plural PPM.NMS=participle,present,middle,nominative,masculine,singular