G29 – aggareuo – ἀγγαρεύω to employ by force (i.e., to draft), force into service, conscript

Strong’s ID:
G29
Greek Word:
ἀγγαρεύω
Transliteration:
aggareuo
Pronunciation:
ang-ar-yew’-o
Part of Speech:
verb
Usage Count:
3
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Find “aggareuo” in the Bible (New Testament)

Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon

1) to employ by force (i.e., to draft), force into service
2) conscript, courier

Aramaic origin

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Strong’s Greek Lexicon

of foreign origin [compare ]; properly, to be a courier, i.e. (by implication) to press into public service:—compel (to go).

Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.

Thayer’s Greek Definitions

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

Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.