Quick Definition
συναγωνίζομαι v. I struggle in company with
Strong's Definition
from 4862 and 75; to struggle in company with, i.e. (figuratively) to be a partner (assistant)
KJV Usage: strive together with
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | ἀγωνίζομαι
34.20 · Association · Associate
to join fervently in, to join vigorously in to join with someone else in some severe effort
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
συν-αγωνίζομαι : 1 aor. mid. inf. συναγωνίσασθαι; fr. Thue. and Xen. down; 10 strive together with one, to help one in striving: τινὶ ἐν ταῖς προσευχαῖς, in prayers, i. 6. to offer intense prayers with one, Ro. xv. 30; in what sense intense prayer may be likened to a struggle, see Philippi ad loc. [(cf. ἀγωνίζ. in Col. iv. 12 and Bp. Leghtft.’s note) ].
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
συναγωνίζομαι synagōnizomai 1x
to combat in company with any one; to exert one’s strength with, to be earnest in aiding, help, Rom. 15:30*
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
* συν-αγωνίζομαι to strive together with, to help (prop., of sharing in a contest): c. dat. pers. et rei, Ro 15:30.†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
συναγωνίζομαι club or association, σύνοδος, with the Imperial cult (see Archiv ν. p. 331 f.), and P Oxy IX. 12057 (a.p. 291) [ὑπὲρ τῆς ἐλευθερώσεως καὶ ἀπολύσ]εως παρὰ τῆς συνα[γ]ωγῆς τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων is of interest as showing not only the existence of a Jewish colony at Oxyrhynchus, but the action of the synagogue in the manumission of certain Jews referred to in the document. In a similar Jewish deed of enfranchisement from Kertch of date a.p. 81, C/G II. 2114 bb, reference is made to the joint-guardianship of the synagogue,?® σὺν [ἐϊπιτροπῇ τῆς συναγωγῆς τῶν ᾿Ιουδαίων. In citing the inscr. Hicks (CR i. p. 4) notes that ‘“‘the manumitted slave is pledged only to one obligation, that of diligent attendance at the synagogue worship.” On the inscr. συνα]γωγὴ “EBpfatwy discovered at Corinth see s.v. Ἑβραῖος, and note further the occurrence of the word to denote a ‘‘ place of worship ”’ (cf. Jas 25) in an inscr. dated A.D. 318-319, which was discovered at Lebaba near Damascus and published by Le Bas and Waddington Inscriptions grecgues et latines iti. No. 2558— Συναγωγὴ Μαρκιωνιστῶν κώμ(ης) “Λεβάβων τοῦ κ(υρίο)υ καὶ σωτῆρος ᾿Τη(σοῦ) Χρηστοῦ προνοία(ι) IlavAov πρεσβίυτέρου) ---τοῦ Ax ἔτους, “‘the meeting-house of the Marcionists, in the village of Lebaba, of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Erected by the forethought of Paul a presbyter—In the year 630 (1.6. of the Seleucid era)”: cf. Schiirer’ ii. p. 443 n.o? (= A/P II. li. p. 69), Harnack Afisston and Expansion,* p. 123 f., and Zahn J/ntr.i. p.94f. See also s.v. προσευχή.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
συναγωνίζομαι (sunagōnizomai) — to struggle. συνᾰγων-ίζομαι, Doric dialect aorist συναγωνιξάμην [Refs]:— contend along with, share in a contest, τινι with one, [NT+5th c.BC+]; μάχας [Refs 3rd c.BC+] __b generally, ξ. τινί share in the fortunes of another, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. aid, succour, τινι [Refs 4th c.BC+]; τινί τι one in a thing, [Refs]; τινὶ πρός τι one towards a thing, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, assist, τῇ διατροπῇ [Refs 4th c.BC+]
3. absolutely, fight on the same side, οἱ ξυναγωνιούμενοι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the Tragic chorus, join in the action, [Refs 4th c.BC+] —active -ίζω, uncertain reading in [Refs 1st c.BC+]