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AGONY
ἀγωνία

Illustrations of English words
derived from the Greek in the New Testament.

AGONY; agonia G47 illustrated

Gaylon West.


History of English word
late 14c., "mental suffering" (especially that of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane), from Old French agonie, agoine "anguish, terror, death agony" (14c.), and directly from Late Latin agonia, from Greek agonia "a (mental) struggle for victory," originally "a struggle for victory in the games," from agon "assembly for a contest," from agein "to lead" (see act (n.)). Sense of "extreme bodily suffering" first recorded c.1600.
- http://www.etymonline.com/

Thayer Definition:
1) purity, sinlessness of life
Part of Speech: noun feminine
A Related Word by Thayer’s/Strong’s Number: from G53


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