STRONGS NUMBER G4865


Word Summary
synagōnizomai: to strive with
Original Word: συναγωνίζομαι
Transliteration: synagōnizomai
Phonetic Spelling: (soon-ag-o-nid'-zom-ahee)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to strive with
Meaning: to strive with
Strong's Concordance
strive together with.

From sun and agonizomai; to struggle in company with, i.e. (figuratively) to be a partner (assistant) -- strive together with.

see GREEK sun

see GREEK agonizomai

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4865: συναγωνίζομαι

συναγωνίζομαι: 1 aorist middle infinitive συναγωνίσασθαί; from Thucydides and Xenophon down; to strive together with one, to help one in striving: τίνι ἐν τάς προσευχαῖς, in prayers, i. e. to offer intense prayers with one, Romans 15:30; in what sense intense prayer may be likened to a struggle, see Philippi at the passage ((cf. ἀγωνιζόμενος in Colossians 4:12 and Lightfoot's note)).