Strong's G29 · Greek

ἀγγαρεύω

aggareuo · ang-ar-yew'-o

of foreign origin (compare 104); properly, to be a courier, i.e. (by implication) to press into public service

Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἀγγαρεύω (G29)

3 * ἀγγαρεύω (from the Persian; cf. Vg. angiare , and the Heb. אִגֶרֶת ; on the orthogr., v. Bl., §6, 1; M, Pr. , 46), to impress into public service, employ a courier; hence, to compel to perform a service (prob. common in the vernac.; cf. Deiss., BS , 86f., MM, Exp. , iv; VGT , s.v.): Mt 5:41 , 27:32 , Mk 15:21 .†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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