fight

Greek Noun Male

ἀγών, -ῶνος, ὁ (ἄγω), [in LXX: Isa.7:13 (לאה), Est.4:17, Wis.4:2 10:12, II Mac.6, 4Mac.5 *;] 1) a gathering, esp. for games. 2) a place of assembly. 3) a contest, struggle, trial; metaphorically (MM, VGT, see word), (a) of the Christian life as a contest and struggle: Php.1:30, 1Th.2:2, 1Ti.6:12, 2Ti.4:7 Heb.12:1; (b) solicitude, anxiety: Col.2:1. (AS)

fight

Greek Noun Male

ἀγών [ᾰ], ῶνος, ὁ, Aeolic dialect ἄγωνος, ου, ὁ, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; Elean dative plural ἀγώνοιρ[Refs]: (ἄγω):—gathering, assembly, ἵζανεν εὐρὺν ἀ.[Refs 8th c.BC+]: especially assembly met to see games, frequently in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Ὑπερβορέων ἀ. Pi [Refs 4th c.BC+] 2) place of contest, lists, course, βήτην ἐς μέσσον ἀ.[Refs 8th c.BC+] out of the lists or course, i.e. beside the mark, [Refs 8th c.BC+] II) assembly of the Greeks at the national games, ὁ ἐν Ὀλυμπίῃ ἀ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]:— hence, contest for a prize at the games, ἀ. γυμνικός, ἱππικός, μουσικός, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. τῶν ἀνδρῶν contest in which the chorus was composed of men, opposed to to παίδων or ἀγενείων (which see), [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀ. στεφανηφόρος or στεφανίτης contest where the prize is a crown, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. χάλκεος, where it is a shield of brass, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀργυρίτης δωρίτης[Refs 1st c.AD+] —hence many phrases, ἀγῶνα καταστῆσαι establish a contest, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τοὺς ἀ. νικᾶν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of contests in general, εἰς ἀ. λόγων ἀφικέσθαι τινί[Refs 5th c.BC+]; πρὸς τίν᾽ ἀγῶνας τιθέμεσθ᾽ ἀρετῆ; [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) generally, struggle, πολλοὺς ἀ. ἐξιών, of Hercules, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ψυχῆς ἀ. τὸν προκείμενον πέρι struggle for life and death, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.2) battle, action, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.3) action at law, trial, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.4) speech delivered in court or before an assembly or ruler, πρεσβευτικοὶ ἀ.[Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἀ. ἐσχηματισμένοι[Refs 1st c.BC+] III.4.b) Rhet, main argument of a speech (opposed to προοίμιον, ἐπίλογος), in plural, Syr.[Refs] III.5) metaphorically, οὐ λόγων ἔθ᾽ ἁγών now is not the time for words, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐχ ἕδρας ἀ. 'tis no time for sitting still, [Refs]; ἀ. πρόφασιν οὐ δέχεται the crisis admits no dallying, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; μέγας ὁ ἀ. τὸ χρηστὸν ἢ κακὸν γενέσθαι the issue is great, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; οὐ περί τινος ὁ ἀ. the question is not about, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III.6) mental struggle, anxiety, [NT+5th c.BC+] III.6.b) of speakers, vehemence, power, [Refs 3rd c.AD+] IV) personified, Ἀγών, divinity of the contest, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

Greek

Noun Masculine

properly, a place of assembly (as if led), i.e. (by implication) a contest (held there); figuratively, an effort or anxiety; conflict, contention, fight, race; from g71 (ἄγω)