STRONGS G4865:
συναγωνίζομαι: 1 aorist middle infinitive
συναγωνίσασθαί; from
Thucydides and
Xenophon down;
to strive together with one, to help one in striving:
τίνι ἐν τάς προσευχαῖς, in prayers, i. e. to offer intense prayers with one,
Romans 15:30; in what sense intense prayer may be likened to a struggle, see Philippi at the passage ((cf.
ἀγωνιζόμενος in
Colossians 4:12 and
Lightfoot's note)).
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