STRONGS NUMBER G23


Word Summary
aganakteō: to grieve much, to be indignant
Original Word: ἀγανακτέω
Transliteration: aganakteō
Phonetic Spelling: (ag-an-ak-teh'-o)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to grieve much, to be indignant
Meaning: to grieve much, to be indignant
Strong's Concordance
be greatly displeased, have indignation.

From agan (much) and achthos (grief; akin to the base of agkale); to be greatly afflicted, i.e. (figuratively) indignant -- be much (sore) displeased, have (be moved with, with) indignation.

see GREEK agkale

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 23: ἀγανακτέω

ἀγανακτέω, (ῶ; 1 aorist ἠγανάκτησα; (as πλεονεκτέω comes from πλοενέκτης, and this from πλέον and ἔχω, so through a conjectural ἀγανάκτης from ἄγαν and ἄχομαι to feel pain, grieve (others besides)); to be indignant, moved with indignation: Matthew 21:15; Matthew 26:8; Mark 10:14; Mark 14:4; περί τίνος (cf. with § 33 a.), Matthew 20:24; Mark 10:41; followed by ὅτι, Luke 13:14. (From Herodotus down.)