ἀγγαρεύω
angareúō · G29 · Greek · 3 occurrences
Meanings
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to compel someone to carry a load, to press someone into service
To force civilians to carry a load for some distance (in NT times Roman soldiers had the authority to enforce such service)
ExamplesMatthew 5:41 “Whoever forces you to go one mile, go with him two.
Matthew 27:32 As they were coming out, they found a man of Cyrene named Simon, whom they compelled to carry His cross.
Mark 15:21 And they compelled a passer-by coming from the country, Simon of Cyrene (the father of Alexander and Rufus), to carry His cross.
How it’s used In 2 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
3 occurrences in 2 groups
- Not stated: they 2
- ὅστιςwhoever, whichever, whatever 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- οὗτοςthis 1
- παράγωto move along 1
- σύyou 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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Near synonyms 2 words
- ἀναγκάζω anankázō · G315 · to compel, to force
- ἀναγκάζω is the general term for compelling or forcing someone to do something, while ἀγγαρεύω specifically refers to pressing into service or compelling to carry a load (as in the Persian courier system). Both convey forced action but ἀγγαρεύω has the more specialized sense of requisitioning service.
- βιάζω biázō · G971 · to be attacked with violence, to suffer violent attacks, to use violence
- βιάζω emphasizes forcing through violence or strong pressure, while ἀγγαρεύω refers to the legal or quasi-legal act of pressing someone into service. Both involve compulsion but βιάζω carries stronger connotations of violence or resistance.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To compel someone to carry a load, to press someone into service37.34
- This verb denotes forcing another into compulsory service, as in Mark 15:21's account of a passer-by, Simon of Cyrene, being compelled to carry the cross of Jesus.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon future ἀγγαρεύσω; 1 aorist ἠγγάρευσα; to employ a courier, despatch a mounted messenger.…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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