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G23 ἀγανακτέω (aganaktéō)
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Quick Definition

ἀγανακτέω v. I am angry, am incensed

Strong's Definition

from agan (much) and achthos (grief; akin to the base of 43); to be greatly afflicted, i.e. (figuratively) indignant

KJV Usage: be much (sore) displeased, have (be moved with, with) indignation

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

verb

88.187 · Moral and Ethical Qualities and Related Behavior · Anger, Be Indignant With

to be indignant, to be angry with (derivative of ἀγανάκτησις ‘indignation,’ 88.186) to be indignant against what is judged to be wrong

MAT 20:24 · MAT 21:15 · MAT 26:8 · MRK 10:14 · MRK 10:41 · MRK 14:4 · LUK 13:14

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Thayer's Greek Lexicon

ἀγανακτέω, -ὦ ; 1 aor. ἠγανάκτησα; (as πλεονεκτέω COMES fr. πλοενέκτης, and this fr. πλέον and ἔχω, so through a conjectural ἀγανάκτης fr. ἄγαν and ἄχομαι to feel pain, grieve, [al. al.]); to be indignant, moved with indignation: Mt. xxi.15; xxvi.8; Mk. x. 14; xiv.43 περί τινος [ef. W. § 33 4.1, Mt. xx. 24; Mk. x. 413 foll. by dre, Lk. xiii. 14. (From Hdt. down.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἀγανακτέω aganakteō 7x

to be pained; to be angry, vexed, indignant; to manifest indignation, Mk. 14:4; Lk. 13:14

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

** ἀγανακτέω, -ῶ (< ἄγαν, much, ἄχομαι, to grieve),

[in LXX: Wi 5:22, 12:27, Da TH Bel 28, IV Mac 4:21*;]

to be indignant: Mt 21:15, 26:8, Mk 10:14, 14:4; seq. περί, Mt 20:24, Mk 10:41; seq. ὅτι, Lk 13:14 (v. MM, VGT, s.v.).†

Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἀγανακτέω. P Lond 445 (B.c. 161) (=I. p. 34) ἀγανακτοῦντα ἐφ᾽ οἷς διετελοῦντο ἐν τοιούτωι ἱερῶι. P Oxy VIII. 11198 (Δ... 254) ἥτις ἀγανακτήσασα ἐπέστειλεν KTA. Sy// 803% (iii/B.c.) πρᾶτον ἀγανακτῶν tale mpdfge . . . In 75. 356% (uc. 6) τὴν κοινὴν ἁπάντων ὑμῶν dodadelav ἀναι]ρούντων ἀγανακτοῦντες, it takes ἃ gen., which might however be a gen. abs. : the inscription, a rescript of Augustus, is in the high style. P Magd 24° (iii/B.c.) ἀγανακτήσαντος δέ μου καὶ P Théad 151° (iii/A.pD.), in an advocate’s pleading. A curious use of the passive occurs in the late P Lond IV. 1367%(A.p. 710) μέλλεις ἀγανακτηθῆναι, **you will incur our anger.” The word is also found in the apocryphal Gospel of Peter 4 (ed. Swete), where on one of the malefactors upbraiding the Jews for their treatment of Jesus on the Cross, we read ἀγανακτήσαντες ἐπ᾽ αὐτῷ ἐκέλευcay ἵνα μὴ σκελοκοπηθῇ, ὅπως βασανιζόμενος ἀποθάνοι.

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἀγανακτέω (aganakteō) — be indignant. ἀγᾰνακτ-έω, properly in physical sense, feel a violent irritation, of the effects of cold on the body, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of wine, ferment, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; so metaphorically, ζεῖ τε καὶ ἀ., of the soul, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II. metaphorically, to be displeased, vexed, μηδ᾽ ἀγανάκτει[Refs 5th c.BC+]; especially show outward signs of grief, κλάων καὶ ἀ. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ἐνθυμούμενος.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. εἰ.., ἐάν.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.2. with dative of things, to be vexed at a thing, θανάτῳ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀ. ταῦτα, ὅτι.. [Refs 5th c.BC+]

II.3. to be vexed at or with a person, τινί[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—with participle, to be angry at, ἀ. ἀποθνῄσκοντας[Refs 5th c.BC+]

III. middle in active sense, aorist participle -ησάμενος[Refs 4th c.BC+]

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