Definition

to struggle against (figuratively) ("antagonize")

Etymology

from G473 (ἀντί) and G75 (ἀγωνίζομαι);

Word family

• ἀντί antí
• ἀγωνίζομαι agōnízomai

How the KJV renders it

• strive against

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Greek term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.