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Strong's #4865 - συναγωνίζομαι
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- to strive together with one, to help one in striving
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συνᾰγων-ίζομαι,
Dor. aor. συναγωνιξάμην Delph. 3(3).126, etc.: —
contend along with, share in a contest, τινι with one, Ar. Th. 1061, cf. Antipho 5.93, Th. 1.143, etc.; τινὶ πρὸς τοὺς πολεμίους Pl. Alc. 1.119e; ἀλλήλοις ἐφ' ἡμᾶς D. 43.10; τινὶ ἐν ταῖς προσευχαῖς Romans 15:30; ς. ἐν μάχῃ Marm.Par. 63: c.acc. cogn., ἀγῶνα SIG 711 L 29 (Delph., ii B.C.); μάχας OGI 280.3 (Pergam., iii B.C.). generally, ξ. τινί share in the fortunes of another, Th. 3.64.
2. aid, succour, τινι D. 21.190; τινί τι one in a thing, Id. 18.25, 30.31; τινὶ πρός τι one towards a thing, Id. 18.20; εἴς τι D.H. 4.4, Michel 452 (iv/iii B.C.): generally, assist, τῇ διατροπῇ Metrod. Herc. 831.19; μετὰ σοῦ κοινῇ D. 48.43.
3. abs., fight on the same side, οἱ ξυναγωνιούμενοι Th. 5.109, cf. 1.123, X. Cyr. 4.5.49, etc.; of the Tragic chorus, join in the action, Arist. Po. 1456a26: — Act. -ίζω, dub.l. in Nic.Dam. Fr. 130.18 J.
συναγωνίζομαι: 1 aorist middle infinitive συναγωνίσασθαί; from Thucydides and Xenophon down; to strive together with one, to help one in striving: τίνι ἐν τάς προσευχαῖς, in prayers, i. e. to offer intense prayers with one, Romans 15:30; in what sense intense prayer may be likened to a struggle, see Philippi at the passage ((cf. ἀγωνιζόμενος in Colossians 4:12 and Lightfoot's note)).
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* συν -αγωνίζομαι ,
to strive together with, to help (prop., of sharing in a contest): c. dat. pers. et rei, Romans 15:30.†
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