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Lexicon :: Strong's G29 - angareuō

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ἀγγαρεύω
Transliteration
angareuō (Key)
Pronunciation
ang-ar-yew'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Of foreign origin, cf אִגְּרָא (H104)
mGNT
3x in 3 unique form(s) TR
3x in 3 unique form(s) LXX
0x in 0 unique form(s)
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Strong’s Definitions

ἀγγαρεύω angareúō, ang-ar-yew'-o; of foreign origin (compare H104); properly, to be a courier, i.e. (by implication) to press into public service:—compel (to go).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G29 in the following manner: compel to go (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G29 in the following manner: compel to go (3x).

  1. to employ a courier, dispatch a mounted messenger, press into public service, compel to go

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἀγγαρεύω angareúō, ang-ar-yew'-o; of foreign origin (compare H104); properly, to be a courier, i.e. (by implication) to press into public service:—compel (to go).
STRONGS G29:
ἀγγαρεύω; future ἀγγαρεύσω; 1 aorist ἠγγάρευσα; to employ a courier, despatch a mounted messenger. A word of Persian origin [used by Menander, Sicyon. 4], but adopted also into Latin (Vulg. angariare). Ἄγγαροι were public couriers (tabellarii), stationed by appointment of the king of Persia at fixed localities, with horses ready for use, in order to transmit royal messages from one to another and so convey them the more speedily to their destination. See Herodotus 8, 98 [and Rawlinson's note]; Xenophon, Cyril 8, 6, 17 (9); cf. Gesenius, Thesaurus under the word אִגֶרֶת; (B. D. under the word Angareuo; Vanicek, Fremdwörter under the word ἄγγαρος]. These couriers had authority to press into their service, in case of need, horses, vessels, even men they met [cf. Josephus, Antiquities 13, 2, 3]. Hence, ἀγγαρεύειν τινα denotes to compel one to go a journey, to bear a burden, or to perform any other service: Matthew 5:41 (ὅστις σε ἀγγαρεύσει μίλιον ἕν i. e. whoever shall compel thee to go one mile); Matthew 27:32 (ἠγγάρευσαν ἵνα ἄρῃ i. e. they forced him to carry), so Mark 15:21.
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:41; 27:32
Mark
15:21

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Strong's Number G29 matches the Greek ἀγγαρεύω (angareuō),
which occurs 3 times in 3 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:41

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:41 - And if anyone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 27:32

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 27:32 - As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 15:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 15:21 - And they compelled a passerby, Simon of Cyrene, who was coming in from the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to carry his cross.
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