Daily KJV Vocabulary Word

Higgaion

Sat, 25 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

In Ps. 92:3 means the murmuring tone of the harp.
In Ps. 9:16 it is a musical sign, denoting probably a pause in the instrumental interlude.
In Ps. 19:14 the word is rendered meditation and in Lam. 3:62, device (R.V., imagination).

Find Higgaion in the KJV Bible

Paint

Fri, 24 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

Jezebel painted her face
2 Kings 9:30
and the practice of painting the face and the eyes seems to have been common
Jer. 4:30
Ezek. 23:40
An allusion to this practice is found in the name of Job's daughter
Ezek. 42:14
Kerenhappuch (q.v.). Paintings in the modern sense of the word were unknown to the ancient Jews.

Find Paint in the KJV Bible

Kattath

Thu, 23 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

Josh. 19:15
a town of Asher, has been identified with Kana el Jelil.

Find Kattath in the KJV Bible

Ucal

Wed, 22 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

The name of a person to whom Agur's words are addressed
Prov. 30:1

Find Ucal in the KJV Bible

Jashen

Tue, 21 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

Sleeping, called also Hashem
1 Chr. 11:34
a person, several of whose sons were in David's body-guard
2 Sam. 23:32

Find Jashen in the KJV Bible

Nachon

Mon, 20 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

Prepared, the owner of a thrashing-floor near which Uzzah was slain
2 Sam. 6:6
called also Chidon
1 Chr. 13:9

Find Nachon in the KJV Bible

Iim

Fri, 17 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

Ruins.

1. A city in the south of Judah
Josh. 15:29

2. One of the stations of the Israelites in the wilderness
Num. 33:45

Find Iim in the KJV Bible

Kelita

Thu, 16 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

Dwarf, a Levite who assisted Ezra in expounding the law to the" people
Neh. 8:7
Neh. 10:10

Find Kelita in the KJV Bible

Year

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

Heb. shanah, meaning "repetition" or "revolution"
Gen. 1:14
Gen. 5:3
Among the ancient Egyptians the year consisted of twelve months of thirty days each, with five days added to make it a complete revolution of the earth round the sun. The Jews reckoned the year in two ways,
(1) according to a sacred calendar, in which the year began about the time of the vernal equinox, with the month Abib; and
(2) according to a civil calendar, in which the year began about the time of the autumnal equinox, with the month Nisan. The month Tisri is now the" beginning of the Jewish year.

Find Year in the KJV Bible

Parchment

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

A skin prepared for writing on; so called from Pergamos (q.v.), where this was first done
2 Tim. 4:13

Find Parchment in the KJV Bible

Palsy

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

A shorter form of "paralysis". Many persons thus afflicted were cured by our Lord
Matt. 4:24;
Matt. 8:5-13
Matt. 9:2-7
Mark 2:3-11
Luke 7:2-10
John 5:5-7
and the apostles
Acts 8:7
Acts 9:33, 34

Find Palsy in the KJV Bible

Ilai

Sun, 12 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

An Ahohite, one of David's chief warriors
1 Chr. 11:29
called" also Zalmon
2 Sam. 23:28

Find Ilai in the KJV Bible

Captain

Sat, 11 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

Heb. sar
1 Sam. 22:2
2 Sam. 23:19
Rendered "chief,"
Gen. 40:2
Gen. 41:9
rendered also "prince,"
Dan. 1:7
ruler
Judg. 9:30
governor
1 Kings 22:26.
This same Hebrew word denotes a military captain
Ex. 18:21
2 Kings 1:9
Deut. 1:15
1 Sam. 18:13
the "captain of the body-guard"
Gen. 37:36
Gen. 39:1
Gen. 41:10
Jer. 40:1
or, as the word may be rendered, chief of the executioners (marg.). The officers of the king's body-guard frequently acted as executioners. Nebuzar-adan
Jer. 39:13
and Arioch
Dan. 2:14
held this office in Babylon. The "captain of the guard" mentioned in Acts 28:16 was the Praetorian prefect, the commander of the Praetorian troops.

2. Another word (Heb. katsin) so translated denotes sometimes a military
Josh. 10:24
Judg. 11:6, 11
Isa. 22:3
rulers
Dan. 11:18
and sometimes a civil command, a judge, magistrate, Arab. kady,
Isa. 1:10
Isa. 3:6
Micah 3:1, 9

3. It is also the rendering of a Hebrew word (shalish) meaning a third man, or one of three. The LXX. render in plural by tristatai; i.e., soldiers fighting from chariots, so called because each war-chariot contained three men, one of whom acted as charioteer while the other two fought
Ex. 14:7
Ex. 15:4
1 Kings 9:22
comp. 2 Kings 9:25
This word is used also to denote the king's body-guard
2 Kings 10:25
1 Chr. 12:18
2 Chr. 11:11
or aides-de-camp.

4. The captain of the temple" mentioned in Acts 4:1 and Acts 5:24 was not a military officer, but superintendent of the guard of priests and Levites who kept watch in the temple by night. (Comp. the ruler of the house of God, 1 Chr. 9:11; 2 Chr. 31:13; Neh. 11:11.)

5. The Captain of our salvation is a name given to our Lord
Heb. 2:10
because he is the author and source of our salvation, the head of his people, whom he is conducting to glory. The captain of the Lord's host
Josh. 5:14, 15
is the name given to that mysterious person who manifested himself to Abraham
Gen. 12:7
and to Moses in the bush
Ex. 3:2, 6, etc.
the Angel of the covenant.

Find Captain in the KJV Bible

Orion

Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

Heb. Kesil; i.e., "the fool", the name of a constellation
Job 9:9
Job 38:31
Amos 5:8
consisting of about eighty stars. The Vulgate renders thus, but the LXX. renders by Hesperus, i.e., the evening-star, Venus. The Orientals appear to have conceived of this constellation under the figure of an impious giant bound upon the sky. This giant was, according to" tradition, Nimrod, the type of the folly that contends against God.
In Isa. 13:10 the plural form of the Hebrew word is rendered constellations.

Find Orion in the KJV Bible

Misham

Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

Their cleansing or their beholding, a Benjamite, one of the sons of Elpaal
1 Chr. 8:12

Find Misham in the KJV Bible

Zair

Wed, 08 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

Little, a place probably east of the Dead Sea, where Joram discomfited the host of Edom who had revolted from him.
2 Kings 8:21

East

Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

1. The orient (mizrah)
the rising of the sun. Thus "the east" country is the country lying to the east of Syria, the Elymais
Zech. 8:7

2. Properly what is in front of one, or a country that is before or in front of another; the rendering of the word kedem. In pointing out the quarters, a Hebrew always looked with his face toward the east. The word kedem is used when the four quarters of the world are described
Gen. 13:14
Gen. 28:14
and mizrah when the east only is distinguished from the west
Josh. 11:3
Ps. 50:1
Ps. 103:12
In Gen. 25:6 "eastward" is literally unto the land of kedem; i.e., the lands lying east of Palestine, namely, Arabia, Mesopotamia, etc.

The Arabs as a whole, known as the Nabateans or Kedarenes, nomad tribes
Judg. 6:3
Judg. 6:33
Judg. 7:12
Judg. 8:10

Jer. 19:2
properly the Potter's gate, the gate which led to the potter's field, in the valley of Hinnom.

Joel 2:20
Ezek. 47:18
the Dead Sea, which lay on the east side of the Holy Land. The Mediterranean, which lay on the west, was hence called the "great sea for the west border"
Num. 34:6

The wind coming from the east
Job 27:21
Isa. 27:8
Blight caused by this wind, "thin ears"
Gen. 41:6
the withered gourd
Jonah 4: 8
It was the cause and also the emblem of evil
Ezek. 17:10
Ezek. 19:12
Hos. 13:15
In Palestine this wind blows from a burning desert, and hence is destitute of moisture necessary for vegetation.

Originally a Saxon word (Eostre), denoting a goddess of the Saxons, in honour of whom sacrifices were offered about the time of the Passover. Hence the name came to be given to the festival of the Resurrection of Christ, which occured at the time of the Passover. In the early English versions this word was frequently used as the translation of the Greek pascha (the Passover). When the Authorized Version (1611) was formed, the word "passover" was used in all passages in which this word pascha occurred, except in Act 12:4. In the Revised Version the proper word, passover, is always used.

Find East in the KJV Bible

Jachin

Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

1. The fourth son of Simeon
Gen. 46:10
called also Jarib
1 Chr. 4:24

2. The head of one of the courses (the twenty-first) of priests
1 Chr. 24:17

3. One of the priests who returned from the Exile
1 Chr. 9:10

The names of two brazen columns set up in Solomon's temple
1 Kings 7:15-22
Each was eighteen cubits high and twelve in "circumference
Jer. 52:21,23
1 Kings 7:17-21
They had doubtless a symbolical import.

Find Jachin in the KJV Bible

Lamb

Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

1. Heb. kebes, a male lamb from the first to the third year. Offered daily at the morning and the evening sacrifice
Ex. "29:38-42
on the Sabbath day
Num. 28:9
at the feast of the New Moon
Num. 28:11
of Trumpets
Num. 29:2
of Tabernacles Num 13-40
of Pentecost
Lev. 23:18-20
and of the Passover
Ex. 12:5
and on many other occasions
1 Chr. 29:21
2 Chr. 29:21
Lev. 9:3
Lev. 14:10-25

2. Heb. taleh, a young sucking lamb
1 Sam. 7:9
Isa. 65:25
In the symbolical language of Scripture the lamb is the type of meekness and innocence
Isa. 11:6
Isa. 65:25
Luke 10:3
John 21:15
The lamb was a symbol of Christ
Gen. 4:4
Ex. 12:3
Ex. 29:38
Isa. 16:1
Isa 53:7
John 1:36
Rev. 13:8
Christ is called the Lamb of God
John 1:29, 36
as the great sacrifice of which the former sacrifices were only types
Num. 6:12
Lev. 14:12-17
Isa. 53:7
1 Cor. 5:7

Find Lamb in the KJV Bible

Queen

Fri, 03 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

No explicit mention of queens is made till we read of the "queen of Sheba". The wives of the kings of Israel are not so designated.
In Ps. 45:9, the Hebrew for "queen" is not malkah, one actually ruling like the Queen of Sheba, but shegal, which simply means the king's wife.
In 1 Kings 11:19, Pharaoh's wife is called "the queen", but the Hebrew word so rendered (g'birah) is simply a title of honour, denoting a royal lady, used sometimes for "queen-mother"
1 Kings 15:13
2 Chron. 15:16
In Cant. 6:8, 9, the king's wives are styled "queens" (Heb. melakhoth). In the New Testament we read of the "queen of the south", i.e., "Southern Arabia, Sheba
Matt. 12:42
Luke 11:31
and the "queen" of the Ethiopians
Acts 8:27
Candace.

Jer. 7:18
Jer. 44:17
Jer. 44:25
the moon, worshipped by the Assyrians as the receptive power in nature.

Find Queen in the KJV Bible

Hadar

Thu, 02 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

Adod, brave(?).

1. A son of Ishmael
Gen. 25:15
in 1 Chr. 1:30 written Hadad.

2. One of the Edomitish kings
Gen. 36:39
about the time of Saul. Called also Hadad
1 Chr. 1:50, 51.
It is probable that in these cases Hadar may be an error simply of transcription for Hadad.

Adod is his help, the name given to Hadadezer
2 Sam. 8:3-12
2 Sam. 10

Find Hadar in the KJV Bible

Yarn

Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:00:00 EST

Found only in
1 Kings 10:28
2 Chr. 1:16
The Heb. word mikveh, i.e., "a stringing together", so rendered, rather signifies a host, or company, or a string of horses.

Find Yarn in the KJV Bible

Crystal

Tue, 31 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST

Ezek. 1:22
with the epithet "terrible," as dazzling the spectators with its brightness.

The word occurs in
Rev. 4:6
Rev. 21:11
Rev. 22:1
Rev. It is a stone of the flint order, the most refined kind of quartz.

The Greek word here used means also literally ice. The ancients regarded the crystal as only pure water congealed into extreme hardness by great length of time.

Find Crystal in the KJV Bible

Lamp

Mon, 30 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST

1. That part of the candle-sticks of the tabernacle and the temple which bore the light.
Ex. 25:37
1 Kings 7:49
2 Chr. 4:20
2 Chr. 13:11
Zech. 4:2
Their form is not described. Olive oil was generally burned in them
Ex. 27:20

2. A torch carried by the soliders of Gideon
Judg. 7:16, 20
"(R.V., "torches.")

3. Domestic lamps (A.V., "candles") were in common use among the Hebrews
Matt. 5:15
Mark 4:21

4. Lamps or torches were used in connection with marriage ceremonies
Matt. 25:1
This word is also frequently metaphorically used to denote life, welfare, guidance, etc.
2 Sam. 21:17
Ps. 119:105
Prov. 6:23
Prov. 13:9

Find Lamp in the KJV Bible

Karkor

Sun, 29 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST

Foundation, a place in the open desert wastes on the east of Jordan
Judg. 8:10
not far beyond Succoth and Penuel, to the south. Here Gideon overtook and routed a fugitive band of Midianites under Zeba and Zalmunna, whom he took captive.

Find Karkor in the KJV Bible

Gallim

Fri, 27 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST

Heaps
1 Sam. 25:44
Isa. 10:30
The native place of Phalti, to whom Michal was given by Saul. It was probably in Benjamin, to the north of Jerusalem.

Find Gallim in the KJV Bible

Raca

Thu, 26 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST

Vain, empty, worthless
only found in Matt. 5:22.
The Jews used it as a word of contempt. It is derived from a root meaning "to spit."

Find Raca in the KJV Bible

Jaanai

Wed, 25 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST

Mourner, one of the chief Gadites
1 Chr. 5:12

Find Jaanai in the KJV Bible

Ferret

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST

Lev. 11:30
(R.V., "gecko"),
one of the unclean creeping things. It was perhaps the Lacerta gecko which was intended by the Hebrew word anakah (a cry, mourning, the creature which groans) here used, i.e., the "fan-footed" lizard, the gecko" which makes a mournful wail. The LXX. translate it by a word "meaning "shrew-mouse," of which there are three species in" Palestine. The Rabbinical writers regard it as the hedgehog. The translation of the Revised Version is to be preferred.

Find Ferret in the KJV Bible

Hail

Sun, 22 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST

A salutation expressive of a wish for the welfare of the person addressedthe translation of the Greek Chaire, "Rejoice"
Luke" 1:8
Used in mockery in Matt. 27:29.

Frozen rain-drops; one of the plagues of Egypt
Ex. 9:23
It is mentioned by Haggai as a divine judgment
Hag. 2:17
A hail-storm destroyed the army of the Amorites when they fought against Joshua
Josh. 10:11
Ezekiel represents the wall daubed with untempered mortar as destroyed by great hail-stones
Ezek. 13:11
Ezek. 38:22
Rev. 8:7
Rev. 11:19
Rev. 16:21

Find Hail in the KJV Bible

Jaala

Sat, 21 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST

A wild she-goat, one of the Nethinim, whose descendants returned from the Captivity
Neh. 7:58

Concealer, the second of Esau's three sons by Aholibamah
Gen. 36:5, 14

Find Jaala in the KJV Bible

Og

Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST

Gigantic, the king of Bashan, who was defeated by Moses in a pitched battle at Edrei, and was slain along with his sons
Deut. 1:4
and whose kingdom was given to the tribes of Reuben" and Gad and half the tribe of Manasseh
Num. 21:32-35
Deut. 3:1-13
His bedstead (or rather sarcophagus) was of iron (or ironstone), 9 cubits in length and 4 cubits in breadth. His overthrow was afterwards celebrated in song
Ps. 135:11
Ps. 136:20

Find Og in the KJV Bible

Zabbud

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST

Gift

Ezra 8:14

Find Zabbud in the KJV Bible

Danjaan

Wed, 18 Jan 2012 16:00:00 EST

Woodland Dan, a place probably somewhere in the direction of Dan, near the sources of the Jordan
2 Sam. 24:6
The LXX. and the Vulgate read "Dan-ja'ar", i.e., "Dan in the forest."

Find Danjaan in the KJV Bible

Unicorn

Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EST

Described as an animal of great ferocity and strength
Num. 23:22
"wild ox," marg., ox-antelope;
Num 24:8
Isa. 34:7
wild oxen, and untamable
Job 39:9
It was in reality a two-horned animal; but the exact reference of the word so rendered (reem) is doubtful. Some have supposed it to be the buffalo; others, the white antelope, called by the Arabs rim. Most probably, however, the word denotes the Bos primigenius (primitive ox), which is now extinct all over the world. This was the auerochs of the Germans, and the urus described by Caesar (Gal. Bel., vi. 28) as inhabiting the Hercynian forest. The word thus rendered has been found in an Assyrian inscription written over the wild ox or bison, which some also suppose to be the animal intended
Deut. 33:17
Ps. 22:21
Ps. 29:6
Ps. 92:10

Find Unicorn in the KJV Bible

Hadassah

Mon, 16 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EST

Myrtle, the Jewish name of Esther
Esther 2:7.

Find Hadassah in the KJV Bible

A

Sun, 15 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EST

Alpha, the first letter of the Greek alphabet, as Omega is the last. These letters occur in the text of Rev. 1:8, Rev. 1:11, Rev. 21:6, Rev. 22:13
and are represented by "Alpha" and "Omega" respectively" "(omitted in R.V., 1:11).
They mean "the first and last.
Heb. 12:2
Isa. 41:4
Isa. 44:6
Rev. 1:11
Rev. 1:17
Rev. 2:8.
In the symbols of the early Christian Church these two letters are frequently combined with the cross or with Christ's monogram to denote his divinity.

Find A in the KJV Bible

Ibleam

Sat, 14 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EST

People-waster, a city assigned to Manasseh
Josh. 17:11
from which the Israelites, however, could not expel the Canaanites
Judg. 1:27
It is also called Bileam
1 Chr. 6:70
It was probably the modern Jelamah, a village 2 1/2 miles north of Jenin.

Find Ibleam in the KJV Bible

Obil

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EST

A keeper of camels.
An Ishmaelite who was over the camels in the time of David.
1 Chr. 27:30

Find Obil in the KJV Bible

Earth

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EST

"(1) In the sense of soil or ground, the translation of the word" "adamah'.
Gen. 9:20
"Husbandman" is literally man of the ground or earth.
Altars were to be built of earth (Ex. 20:24). Naaman asked for two mules' burden of earth (2 Kings 5:17),
under the superstitious notion that Jehovah, like the gods of the heathen, could be acceptably worshipped only on his own soil.

(2) As the rendering of 'erets, it means the whole world
Gen. 1:2
The land as opposed to the sea
Gen. 1:10 Erets also denotes a country
Gen. 21:32
A plot of ground
Gen.23:15
The ground on which a man stands
Gen. 33:3 the inhabitants of the earth
Gen. 6:1
Gen. 11:1
All the world except Israel
2 Chr. 13:9
In the New Testament the earth denotes the land of Judea
Matt. 23:35
also things carnal in contrast with things heavenly
John 3:31
Col. 3:1,

Mentioned among the extraordinary phenomena of Palestine (Ps. 18:7; comp. Hab. 3:6; Nah. 1:5; Isa. 5:25). "The first earthquake in Palestine of which we have any record "happened in the reign of Ahab (1 Kings 19:11, 12). Another took" "place in the days of Uzziah, King of Judah (Zech. 14:5). The" most memorable earthquake taking place in New Testament times happened at the crucifixion of our Lord (Matt. 27:54). An earthquake at Philippi shook the prison in which Paul and Silas were imprisoned (Act 16:26). "It is used figuratively as a token of the presence of the Lord (Judg. 5:4; 2 Sam. 22:8; Ps. 77:18; 97:4; 104:32).

Find Earth in the KJV Bible

Raham

Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EST

Merciful, one of the descendants of Caleb, the son of Hezron
1 Chr. 2:44

Find Raham in the KJV Bible

Naamathite

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EST

The designation of Zophar, one of Job's three friends
Job 2:11
Job 11:1
so called from some place in Arabia, called Naamah" probably.

Find Naamathite in the KJV Bible

White

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EST

A symbol of purity
2 Chr. 5:12
Ps. 51:7
Isa. 1:18
Rev. 3:18
Our Lord, at his transfiguration, appeared in raiment white as the light
Matt. 17:2

Find White in the KJV Bible

Sabbath Days Journey

Sun, 08 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EST

"Supposed to be a distance of 2,000 cubits, or less than" "half-a-mile, the distance to which, according to Jewish" "tradition, it was allowable to travel on the Sabbath day without" violating the law.
Acts 1:12
Ex. 16:29
Num. 35:5
Josh. 3:4

Find Sabbath Days in the KJV Bible

Earing

Sat, 07 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EST

"An Old English word (from the Latin aro, I plough), meaning" ploughing. It is used in the Authorized Version in
Gen. 45:6
Ex. 34:21
1 Sam. 8:12
Deut. 21:4
Isa. 30:24
The Revised Version has rendered the original in these places by the ordinary word to plough or till.

Find Earing in the KJV Bible

Fan

Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EST

A winnowing shovel by which grain was thrown up against the wind that it might be cleansed from broken straw and chaff.
Isa. 30:24
Jer. 15:7
Matt. 3:12

Find Fan in the KJV Bible

Laban

Thu, 05 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EST

(1) The son of Bethuel, who was the son of Nahor, Abraham's brother. He lived at Haran in Mesopotamia. His sister "Rebekah was Isaac's wife.
Gen. 24.
Jacob, one of the sons of" "this marriage, fled to the house of Laban, whose daughters Leah" and Rachel
Gen 29.
He eventually married. (See JACOB.)

(2) A city in the Arabian desert in the route of the Israelites
Deut. 1:1
Probably identical with Libnah
Num. 33:20.

Find Laban in the KJV Bible

Quarantania

Wed, 04 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EST

"A mountain some 1,200 feet high, about 7 miles north-west of" "Jericho, the traditional scene of our Lord's temptation.
Matthew 4:8.

Find Quarantania in the KJV Bible

Gahar

Tue, 03 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EST

"Lurking-place, one of the chief of the Nethinim, whose" descendants returned to Jerusalem under Zerubbabel (Ezra 2:47).

Find Gahar in the KJV Bible

Jacinth

Mon, 02 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EST

Jacinth (n)

A precious stone.

And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished with all manner of precious stones. The first foundation was jasper; the second, sapphire; the third, a chalcedony; the fourth, an emerald; The fifth, sardonyx; the sixth, sardius; the seventh, chrysolyte; the eighth, beryl; the ninth, a topaz; the tenth, a chrysoprasus; the eleventh, a JACINTH; the twelfth, an amethyst.
-Revelation 21:19-20

Find Jacinth in the KJV Bible

Agony

Sun, 01 Jan 2012 13:00:00 EST

Agony (n)

contest; wrestling; severe struggling with pain and suffering

Anguish is the reflection on trouble or pain that is already past, while agony is a struggle with pain in the present. This word 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 Cor. 9:25; Col. 1:29; 4:12; 1 Tim. 6:12; 2 Tim. 4:7, where the words “striveth,” “labor,” “conflict,” “fight,” are the translations of the same Greek verb.

Find Agony in the KJV Bible