Quick Definition
ἐπαγωνίζομαι v. I contend earnestly for
Strong's Definition
from 1909 and 75; to struggle for
KJV Usage: earnestly contend foreign
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀγωνίζομαι
39.30 · Hostility, Strife · Strife, Struggle
to struggle for to exert intense effort on behalf of something
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπ-αγωνίζομαι ; to contend: τινί, for a thing, Jude 3. (τῷ ᾿Αννίβᾳ, against Hannibal, Plut. Fab. 23, 2; ταῖς νίκαις, added a new contest to his victories, id. Cim. 13, 4; by others in diff. senses.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπαγωνίζομαι epagōnizomai 1x
to contend strenuously in defence of, Jude 3*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπ-αγωνίζομαι depon.; to contend with (Plut.).
to contend for (C.I., 2335, 19): c. dat. rei, Ju 3.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπαγωνίζομαι. Syll 732% (B.C. 36-5) ἀδιαλίπτως δὲ ἐπαγωνιζόμενος, Michel 394} (mid. i/B.C.) διαδεξάμενός τ᾽ αὐτὸς ἐπηγωνίσατο τῇ πρὸς τὴν πόλιν ε[ὐ]νοίᾳ, ‘vied in good will towards the city.” ° Exaivetoc. This proper name (Rom 165) is found in an imprecatory tablet from Corcyra, Sy// 808: cf. the list of names from Hermopolis Magna Preisigke 599159 (Ptol.) ᾿Εἰπαίνετος Θόαντος, and the fem. in Michel 1503)-i% (ii/i B.c.) , ἐπαιτέω ᾿ΕἸ]παινέτη ᾿Αριστοβούλους For the adj., apparently in an active sense, cf. the rhetorical fragment PSI I. 85 (i1i/A.D.) ἀπομνημόνευμα σύντομον ἐπὶ προσώπου τινὸς ἐπενετόν (/. ἐπαινετόν), ““« concise laudatory memoir regarding some person”’: see further s.v. ἀπομνημόνευμα.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπαγωνίζομαι (epagōnizomai) — to contend. ἐπᾰγωνίζομαι, contend with, τινί [Refs 1st c.AD+]; continue to attack, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
2. with dative of things, contend in, εὐνοίᾳ [Refs]; contend for, τῇ πίστει [NT]: lay stress on, ἐ. τῷ λόγῳ [Refs 1st c.AD+]; exertoneself, [Refs]
3. contend again, in games, [Refs 1st c.BC+]
3. b speak after a person, follow him, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]