Quick Definition
ἄγω v. I lead
Strong's Definition
a primary verb; properly, to lead; by implication, to bring, drive, (reflexively) go, (specially) pass (time), or (figuratively) induce
KJV Usage: be, bring (forth), carry, (let) go, keep, lead away, be open
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
verb | aor. ἤγαγον · inf. ἀγαγεῖν · aor.pass. ἤχθην · fut.pass. ἀχθήσομαι | ἀγωγή · ἀνάγω · ἀνεκδιήγητος · ἀπάγω · ἀποσυνάγωγος · ἀρχηγός · ἀρχισυνάγωγος · διάγω · διηγέομαι · διήγησις · δουλαγωγέω · εἰσάγω · ἐκδιηγέομαι · ἐξάγω · ἐξηγέομαι · ἐπάγω · ἐπανάγω · ἐπεισαγωγή · ἐπισυνάγω · ἐπισυναγωγή · ἡγεμονεύω · ἡγεμονία · ἡγεμών · ἡγέομαι · καθηγητής · κατάγω · μετάγω · ὁδηγέω · παιδαγωγός · παράγω · παρεισάγω · παρείσακτος · περιάγω · προάγω · προηγέομαι · προσάγω · προσαγωγή · συλαγωγέω · συνάγω · συναγωγή · συναπάγομαι · ὑπάγω · χαλιναγωγέω · χειραγωγέω · χειραγωγός · χορηγέω
15.165 · Linear Movement · Lead, Bring, Take
to lead, to bring to direct or guide the movement of an object, without special regard to point of departure or goal The Spirit of God is also regarded as an agent in leading or directing the movement of a person, for example, ἤγετο ἐν τῷ πνεύματι ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ he was led by the Spirit into the desert (LUK 4:1).
ἄγω[a] also occurs in contexts in which the leading involves force: ὅταν ἄγωσιν ὑμᾶς παραδιδόντες whenever you are taken into custody and turned over to the courts (MRK 13:11); Ἤγοντο δὲ καὶ ἕτεροι κακοῦργοι δύο σὺν αὐτῷ ἀναιρεθῆναι they led two others off also, both of them criminals, to be put to death with him (LUK 23:32).
MAT 10:18 · MAT 21:2 · MAT 21:7 · MRK 13:11 · LUK 4:9 · LUK 4:29 · LUK 18:40 · LUK 19:27 · LUK 19:30 · LUK 19:35 · LUK 22:54 · LUK 23:1 · LUK 23:32 · JHN 1:42 · JHN 7:45 · JHN 8:3 · JHN 9:13 · JHN 10:16 · JHN 18:13 · JHN 18:28 · JHN 19:4 · JHN 19:13 · ACT 5:21 · ACT 5:27 · ACT 6:12 · ACT 8:32 · ACT 9:2 · ACT 9:21 · ACT 9:27 · ACT 11:26 · ACT 13:23 · ACT 17:15 · ACT 17:19 · ACT 18:12 · ACT 19:37 · ACT 20:12 · ACT 21:16 · ACT 21:34 · ACT 22:5 · ACT 23:10 · ACT 23:18 · ACT 23:18 · ACT 23:31 · ACT 25:6 · ACT 25:17 · ACT 25:23 · 1CO 12:2 · 1TH 4:14 · 2TI 4:11 · HEB 2:10
15.210 · Linear Movement · Carry, Bear
to carry, to bring to carry or bring, especially animate beings
15.34 · Linear Movement · Leave, Depart, Flee, Escape, Send
to go away, to leave to move away from a reference point It would also be possible to translate ἄγωμεν in JHN 11:7 as let us depart for.
MAT 26:46 · MRK 1:38 · MRK 14:42 · JHN 11:7 · JHN 11:15 · JHN 11:16 · JHN 14:31
36.1 · Guide, Discipline, Follow · Guide, Lead
to guide, to direct, to lead to so influence others as to cause them to follow a recommended course of action In some languages it is difficult to distinguish readily between expressions for ‘leading’ and those which refer to ‘ruling’ or ‘governing,’ but it is important to try to distinguish clearly between these two different sets of interpersonal relations. In some languages, the concept of ‘leading’ can be expressed by ‘showing how to’ or ‘demonstrating how one ought to.’ In other languages it is possible to speak of ‘leading’ as simply ‘going ahead of,’ but too often such an expression may designate only ‘a scout’ who goes ahead to see whether things are safe, or it may refer only to a person who insists on his prerogative as the most distinguished person in a group.
42.1 · Perform, Do · Function
to carry on, to function, to be operative to be actively performing some function In some languages the equivalent of ‘the courts are functioning’ is ‘the courts are open’ or ‘the judges are on duty’ or ‘the officials are listening to complaints.’
67.64 · Time · A Point of Time with Reference to Other Points of Time: Before, Long Ago, Now, At the Same Time, When, About, After
to take place, to be, to occur to occur at a particular or expected time For another interpretation of ἄγω in LUK 24:21, see 67.79.
1 ἄγω[b], in speaking of the relationship of persons to one another, normally means ‘to bring’ or ‘to lead,’ with the implication that the individual who is brought is able to walk or move on his own power, but in some contexts ἄγω[b] indicates that the person is actually carried, and thus ἄγω[b] parallels the use of φέρω[a] (15.187) or φορτίζω (15.207) in the sense of ‘to carry’ or ‘to bring’ an object.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἄγω ; impf. ἦγον; fut. ἄξω ; 2 aor. ἤγαγον, inf. ἀγαγεῖν, (more rarely 1 aor. ἦξα, in ἐπάγω 2 Pet. ii. 5); Pass., pres. ἄγομαι; impf. ἠγόμην; 1 aor. ἤχθην ; 1 fut. ἀχθήcopa; [fr. Hom. down]; to drive, lead. 1. properly [A. V. ordinarily, to bring]; a. to lead by laying hold of, and in this way to bring to the point of destination: of an animal, Mt. xxi. 7; Lk. xix. 35; Mk. xi. 7 (T Tr WH φέρουσιν) ; [Lk. xix. 30]; τινά foll. by εἰς with ace. of place, Lk. iv. 9 [al. refer this to 2 ¢.]; x. 34; (ἤγαγον k. εἰσήγαγον eis, Lk. xxii. 54); Jn. xviii. 23; Acts vi. 12; ix. 2; xvii. 5 [RG]; xxi. 34; xxii. 5, 24 Rec. ; xxiii. 10, 31; ἐπί with ace., Acts xvii. 19; ἕως, Lk. iv. 29; πρός twa, to persons, Lk. [iv. 40]; xviii. 40; Acts ix. 27; Jn.viii.3[Ree.]. Ὄ. to lead by accompanying to (into) any place: εἰς, Acts xi. 26 (25); ἕως. Acts xvii. 15; πρός τινα, to persons, Jn. i. 42 (43); ix. 13; Acts xxiii. 18; foll. by dat. of pers. to whom, Acts xxi. 16 on which see W. 214 (201) at length, [cf. B. 284 (244)], (1 Mace. vii. 2 ἄγειν αὐτοὺς αὐτῷ). c. to lead with one's self, attach to one’s self as an attendant: τινά, 2 Tim. iv. 11; 1 Th. iv. 14, (Joseph. antt. 10, 9, 6 ἀπῆρεν εἰς τὴν Αἴγυπτον ἄγων καὶ Ἱερεμίαν). Some refer Acts xxi. 16 to this head, resolving it ἄγοντες Μνάσωνα map ᾧ ξενισθῶμεν, but incorrectly, see W. [and B.] as above. ἃ. to conduct, bring: twa, [Lk. xix. 27]; Jn. vii. 45; [xix. 4, 13]; Acts v. 21, 26, [27]; xix. 37; xx. 12; xxv. 6, 23; πῶλον, Mk. xi. 2 (where T Tr WH φέρετε) ; (Lk. xix. 30, see a. above]; teva τινι or τί τινι, Mt. xxi. 2; Acts xiii. 23 G L T Tr WH. e. to lead away, to a court of justice, magistrate, ete.: simply, Mk. xiii. 11; [Acts xxv. 17]; ἐπί with acc., Mt. x. 18; Lk. xxi. 12 (T Tr WH dzayopevous) ; [Lk. xxiii. 1]; Acts [ix. 21]; xviii. 12; (often in Attic) ; [πρός with acc., Jn. xviii. 13 L T Tr WH]; to punishment: simply (2 Mace. vi. 29; vii. 18, ete.), Jn. xix. 16 Grsb. (R καὶ ἀπήγαγον, which L T Tr WH have expunged); with telic inf., Lk. xxiii. 32; [foll. by ἵνα, Mk. xv. 20 Lehm.]; ἐπὶ σφαγήν, Acts viii. 32, (ἐπὶ θανάτῳ, Xen. mem. 4, 4, 3; an. 1, 6, 10). 2. tropically ; a. to lead, guide, direct: Jn. x. 163; els μετάνοιαν, Ro. ii. 4. b. to lead through, conduct, to something, become the author of good or of evil to some one: εἰς δόξαν, Heb. ii. 10, (εἰς [al. ἐπὶ] καλοκἀγαθίαν, Xen. mem. 1, 6, 14; εἰς δουλείαν, Dem. p. 213, 28). c. to move, impel, of forces and influences affecting the mind: Lk. iv. 1 (where read ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ [with L txt. T Tr WH )]); πνεύματι θεοῦ ἄγεσθαι, Ro. viii. 14; Gal. v. 18; ἐπιθυμίαις, 2 Tim. iii. 6; simply, urged on by blind impulse, 1 Co. xii. 2— unless impelled by Satan’s influence be preferable, cf. 1 Co. x. 20; Eph. ii. 2; [B. 383 (328) sq.]. 3. to pass a day, keep or celebrate a feast, etc. : τρίτην ἡμέραν ἄγει sc. ὁ Ἰσραήλ, Lk. xxiv. 21 [others (see Meyer) supply αὐτός or ὁ Ἰησοῦς ; still others take ἄγει as impers., one passes, Vulg. tertia dies est; see B.134 (118)]; γενεσίων ayopeσων, Mt. xiv.6 RG; ἀγοραῖοι (q. v. 2), Acts xix. 38; often in the O. T. Apoer. (ef. Wahl, Clavis Apocr. s. v. ἄγω, 8), in Hdt. and Attie writ. 4. intrans. to go, depart, ΟὟ. § 38, 1, p. 251 (236); [B. 144 (126)]): ἄγωμεν let us go, Mt. xxvi. 46; Mk. xiv. 42; Jn. xiv. 31; πρός τινα, Jn. xi. 15; εἰς with ace. of place, Mk. i. 38; Jn. xi. 7, (Epict. diss. 8, 22, 55 ἄγωμεν ἐπὶ τὸν ἀνθύπατον) ; {foll. by iva, Jn. xi. 16. Comp.: dv, ἐπ-αν-, ἀπ-, συν-απ-, δι-, εἰσ-. παρ-εισ-, ἐξ-, ἐπ-. KAT-, μετ-. Tap-, περι-, TPO-, προσ-, Syn. cf. Schmidt ch. 105.1" 1. prop-
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἄγω agō 67x
to lead. bring; lead away, drive off, as a booty of cattle; conduct, accompany; lead out, produce; conduct with force, drag, hurry away; guide, incite, entice; convey one’s self, go, go away; pass or spend as time; celebrate
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἄγω,
[in LXX for בּוא hi., לקח, נהג, etc.;]
to lead, bring, carry: c. acc., seq. ἐπί, εἰς, ἕως, πρός and simple dat.; metaph., to lead, guide, impel: Jo 10:16 Ro 2:4, He 2:10, II Ti 3:6, al.
to spend or keep a day: Lk 24:21, Ac 19:38
Intrans., to go: subjunc., ἄγωμεν, Mt 2:46, al. (Cramer, 61; MM, VGT, s.v.).
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἄγω (agō) — to bring. ἄγω [ᾰ], imperfect ἦγον, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect ἄγεσκον[Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ἄξω[Refs 8th c.BC+]: thematic aorist imperative ἄξετε[Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive ἀξέμεναι, -έμεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist 2 ἤγαγον[Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 1 ἦξα rare, ἦζε[Refs 5th c.BC+], participle ἄξας[Refs], infinitive ἄξαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἦχα[Refs 7th c.BC+], (προ-) [Refs 4th c.BC+], (συν-) [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc., Doric dialect συν-αγάγοχα[LXX+1st c.AD+] (also in compounds, (εἰσ-) Ps.-Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+], (κατ-) Canon Laws texts[Refs]; ἀγείοχα[Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἀγέωχα (δι-) [Refs 2nd c.BC+], etc.: pluperfect ἀγηόχει[Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—middle, future ἄξομαι[Refs 8th c.BC+], Trag.: them. aorist 1 ἄξοντο[Refs 8th c.BC+] (ἐσ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+], (προεσ-) [Refs]aorist 2 ἠγαγόμην[Refs 8th c.BC+], 2nd pers.singular ἀγάγαο[Refs]:—passive, future ἀχθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+], (προσ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄξομαι in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+], (προσ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἤχθην[Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect ἄχθην[Refs 5th c.BC+], participle ἀχθείς[Refs 6th c.BC+]perfect ἦγμαι[Refs 4th c.BC+]; also in middle sense, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I. lead, carry, fetch, bring, of living creatures, φέρω being used of things, δῶκε δ᾽ ἄγειν ἑτάροισι.. γυναῖκα, καὶ τρίποδα.. φέρειν[Refs 8th c.BC+]; βοῦν δ᾽ ἀγέτην κεράων by the horns, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄ. εἰς or πρὸς τόπον, poetry also with accusative loci, νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους (i.e. ἄνδρας).. ἆγον οἴκους[Refs 8th c.BC+]
I. b participle ἄγων taking, στῆσε δ᾽ ἄγων[Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.2. take with one, ἑταίρους[Refs 8th c.BC+]; τι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a wife, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.3. carry off as captives or booty, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀγόμενος, i.e. δοῦλος, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; Δίκην ἄγειν to lead Justice forcibly away, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a fowler, φῦλον ὀρνίθων ἀμφιβαλὼν ἄγει[Refs 5th c.BC+] harry, ravage a country, first in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+] and Attic dialect Prose:—in passive, ἀγόμεθα, φερόμεθα[Refs 5th c.BC+]: more rarely reversed, φέρουσί τε καὶ ἄγουσι[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. alone, ravage, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —but φέρειν καὶ ἄγειν sometimes means simply bear and carry, bring together, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ποίησιν φέρειν τε καὶ ἄγειν, i.e. bring it into the state, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
I.4. ἄ. εἰς δίκην or δικαστήριον, ἐπὶ τοὺς δικαστάς to carry one before a court of justice, frequently in Attic dialect, πρὸς τὴν δίκην ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply ἄγειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐπὶ βασιλεῖς ἀχθήσεσθε[NT+2nd c.AD+]; φόνου ἄγεσθαι[Refs 1st c.AD+]
I.4. b passive, to be confiscated, τὰ κτήνη ἀχθήσεται πρὸς τὰ ἐκφόρια (to meet the rent) [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
I.5. of ships, carry as cargo, import, [οἶνον] νῆες ἄγουσι[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵνα οἱ σὺν φόρτον ἄγοιμι (i.e. σύν οἱ) [Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.6. draw on, bring on, πῆμα τόδ᾽ ἤγαγον Οὐρανίωνες[Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.7. bear up, φελλοὶ δ᾽ ὥς. ἄγουσι δίκτυον[Refs 4th c.BC+]
I.8. carry far and wide, spread abroad, κλέος[Refs 8th c.BC+]
I.9. in Medicine texts, remove, φλέγμα[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II. lead towards a point, lead on, τὸν δ᾽ ἄγε μοῖρα κακὴ θανάτοιο τέλοσδε[Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive, ἄγει θανεῖν leads to death, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁδὸς ἄγει the road leads, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, tend, ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.2. lead, guide, especially in war, λαόν[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄ. στρατιάν, ναῦς, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; hence absolutely, march, θᾶσσον ὁ Νικίας ἦγε[Refs 5th c.BC+]: simply, go, ἄγωμεν[NT]; of the gods, etc., guide, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.3. manage, νόῳ πλοῦτον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν σοφίαν conduct philosophical inquiry, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of reasoning, ἀγαγεῖν τοὺς λόγους[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, to be led, guided, λογισμῷ[Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.4. refer, attribute, τι εἰς ἐθελοκάκησιν[Refs 2nd c.BC+]
II.5. bring up, train, educate, ἀγόμενοις ὀρθῶς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of animals, train, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
II.6. reduce, ἐς βραχὺ τὴν ἀρχήν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of propositions, εἰς ῥᾳδιξστέραν κατασκευήν[Refs 3rd c.AD+]
III. draw out in length, τεῖχος ἄ. to draw a line of wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. γραμμάς to draw lines, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἤχθωσαν κάθετοι let perpendiculars be drawn, Mete.[Refs]; ἄ. ἐπίπεδον describe a plane, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, ἦκται ἡ διῶρυξ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόλπου ἀγομένου τῆς γῆς, i.e. when the land forms a bight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV. hold, celebrate, Ἀπατούρια, ὁρτήν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in Attic dialect, ἄ. ἀγῶνα[LXX+5th c.BC+]; ἐκκλησίαν[Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, ἀγοραῖοι ἄγονται[NT]
IV.2. keep, observe a date, ἄ. τὴν ἡμέραν ταύτην πάντα τὸν χρόνον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; reckon, τοὺς ἐνιαυτοὺς καθ᾽ ἥλιον[Refs 1st c.BC+]
IV.3. keep, observe, ὀρθὰν ἄγεις ἐφημοσύναν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡσυχίαν ἄ., ={ἡσυχάξειν}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κρύψιν ἄ., of stars between setting and rising, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; keep up, sustain, maintain, νεῖκος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; γέλωτ᾽ ἄγειν to keep laughing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with predicate, maintain, ἐλευθέραν ἦγε τὴν Ἑλλάδα[Refs 4th c.BC+]
IV.4. of Time, pass, ἀπήμαντον ἄγων βίοτον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποίας ἡμέρας δοκεῖς μ᾽ ἄγει; [Refs 5th c.BC+] to be ripe, τῆς γαστρὸς ὥραν ἀγούσης[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὥραν ἦγε θανάτου[Refs 5th c.BC+]
IV.5. of beliefs, hold, αἵρεσιν[Refs 2nd c.BC+]
V. hold account, treat, ἄ. ἀρετὰν οὐκ αἴσχιον φυᾶς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τιμῇ ἄγειν or ἄγεσθαι, ἐν οὐδεμιῇ μοίρῃ ἄ., περὶ πλείστου ἄ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θεοὺς ἄ. to believe in, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; διὰ τιμῆς ἄ. τινά, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἠγόμην δ᾽ ἀνὴρ ἀστῶν μέγιστος[Refs 5th c.BC+]
VI. draw down in the scale, hence, weigh, ἄ. μνᾶν, τριακοσίους δαρεικούς, etc., weigh a mina, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
VII. on ἄγε, ἄγετε, see.s. voccative __B middle ἄγομαι, carry away for oneself, χρυσόν τε καὶ ἄργυρον οἴκαδ᾽ ἄγεσθαι[Refs 8th c.BC+]; take with one,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a ship's cargo, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; take to oneself, δῶρον[Refs 3rd c.BC+]; take upon oneself, ἄγεσθαι ἐς χεῖρας[Refs 5th c.BC+] __B.2 ἄγεσθαι γυναῖκα take to oneself a wife, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; simply ἄ. marry, [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect passive ἦγμαι is used in this middle sense, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of the father, bring home a wife for his son, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a brother, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of friends of the bridegroom and bride, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: later in passive of the wife, [Refs 2nd c.AD+] __B.3 like active, bring; διὰ στόμα ἄγεσθαι μῦθον bring through the mouth, i.e. utter, [Refs 8th c.BC+]