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κατᾰγων-ίζομαι

katagonizomai

prevail against

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Where it lives

Hebrews 1 · 1.99/10k
Discourses 1 · 0.13/10k

What it meant

κατᾰγων-ίζομαι · katagōn-izomai — LSJ

prevail against

prevail against, τινας Plb. 2.42.3, al., OGI 553.7 (Xanthus); τὰ αἰσχρὰ τῶν παθῶν Metrod. Herc. 831.19; κ. Ὀδυσσέα περὶ στεφάνου Luc. VH 2.22; ἕλκη διαίτῃ Dam. Isid. 122:—Pass., καταγωνισθῆναι τὰ ὅλα Plb. 3.4.12; ὑπό τινος Luc. Symp. 19.

2 contend against

contend against, τὴν ἀλήθειαν Plb. 13.5.5, cf. 12.25d. 6.

II win by a struggle

win by a struggle, βασιλείας Ep.Hebr. 11.33.

In the wild

καταγωνίζου · katagōnizou Epictetus, Discourses 3.24 (DIORISIS sentence 5553)
κατηγωνίσαντο · katēgōnisanto New Testament, Hebrews 11.32 (DIORISIS sentence 213)

Where it came from

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