ἀγών

ἀγών, -ῶνος, ὁ

(ἄγω), [in LXX: Es 7,13 (לאה), Est 4,17, Wis 4,2; 10,12, II Mac.6, 4Mac .5 * ;]

1. a gathering, esp. for games.

2. a place of assembly.

3. a contest, struggle, trial; metaphorically (MM, VGT, see word),

(a) of the Christian life as a contest and struggle: Fil 1,30, 1 Thess 2,2, 1 Tim 6,12, 2 Tim 4,7 Hebr 12,1;

(b) solicitude, anxiety: Kol 2,1,

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