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Bible Dictionaries

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Agony

Concordances

Thompson Chain Reference

Agony

Dictionaries

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Agony

Fausset Bible Dictionary

Agony

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

Agony

Hastings' Dictionary of the NT

Agony

King James Dictionary

Agony

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

His Sacred Feet with Tears of Agony
Agony of Christ

Vines' Expository Dictionary

Agony

Webster Dictionary

Agony
Agonies

Encyclopedias

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Agony

Kitto Biblical Cyclopedia

Agony

McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia

Agony

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

Three Hours' Agony

The Catholic Encyclopedia

Agony of Christ
Archconfraternity of Holy Agony

Lexicons

Contest; wrestling; severe struggling with pain and suffering. Anguish is the reflection on evil that is already past, while agony is a struggle with evil at the time present. It is only used in the New Testament by (Luke 22:44 ) to describe our Lord's fearful struggle in Gethsemane.

The verb from which the noun "agony" is derived is used to denote an earnest endeavour or striving, as "Strive [agonize] to enter" (Luke 13:24 ); "Then would my servants fight" [agonize] (John 18:36 ). Compare 1 Corinthians 9:25; Colossians 1:29; 4:12; 1 Timothy 6:12; 2 Timothy 4:7 , where the words "striveth," "labour," "conflict," "fight," are the renderings of the same Greek verb.

Copyright Statement
These dictionary topics are from M.G. Easton M.A., D.D., Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Third Edition, published by Thomas Nelson, 1897. Public Domain.

Bibliography Information
Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Agony'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/ebd/a/agony.html. 1897.

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