Word

ἀγανακτέω

aganaktéō · G23 · Greek · 7 occurrences

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Meanings

to be indignant, to be angry with

(Derivative of ἀγανάκτησις ‘indignation,’) To be indignant against what is judged to be wrong

Examples
Matthew 20:24 And after hearing this, the other ten disciples became indignant with the two brothers.
Matthew 21:15 But when the chief priests and the scribes saw the wonderful things that He had done, and the children who were shouting in the temple area, “Hosanna to the Son of David,” they became indignant,
Matthew 26:8 But the disciples were indignant when they saw this, and said, “Why this waste?

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

6 occurrences in 7 groups

γραμματεύςscribe, expert in the Law 1
δέκαten 1
ἸησοῦςJesus 1
μαθητήςdisciple 1
ἀρχιερεύςchief priest, high priest 1
Not stated (infinitive) 1

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

θεραπεύωto heal 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

2 occurrences in 3 groups

περίconcerning, about, for+ ἸάκωβοςJames 1
περίconcerning, about, for+ ἸωάννηςJohn 1
περίconcerning, about, for+ ἀδελφόςbrother 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 2 groups

ἀκούωto hear 1
ἄρχωto be first 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Semantic domains 1 entry

To be indignant, to be angry with88.187: This verb denotes strong displeasure, as in Mark 10:14's account of Jesus becoming indignant when the disciples tried to keep children from coming to Him.

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἀγανακτέωaganaktéō · G23ἀγανάκτησις aganáktēsis · G24 · indignation, anger · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (ῶ; 1 aorist ἠγανάκτησα; (as πλεονεκτέω comes from πλοενέκτης, and this from πλέον and…

(ῶ; 1 aorist ἠγανάκτησα; (as πλεονεκτέω comes from πλοενέκτης, and this from πλέον and ἔχω, so through a conjectural ἀγανάκτης from ἄγαν and ἄχομαι to feel pain, grieve (others besides)); to be indignant, moved with indignation: Mt 21:15; Mt 26:8; Mk 10:14; Mk 14:4; περί τίνος (cf. with § 33 a.), Mt 20:24; Mk 10:41; followed by ὅτι, Lk 13:14. (From Herodotus down.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Anger, Be Indignant With7 occurrences

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0