Aramaic edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek ἀγών (agṓn).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

אגונא (transliteration neededm (plural אגונא)

  1. assembly, crowd
  2. contest, competition
  3. trial, test
  4. struggle

References edit

  • ˀgwn”, in The Comprehensive Aramaic Lexicon Project, Cincinnati: Hebrew Union College, 1986–
  • Jastrow, Marcus (1903) A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature, London, New York: Luzac & Co., G.P. Putnam's Sons
  • Payne Smith, Jessie (1903) A Compendious Syriac Dictionary Founded Upon the Thesaurus Syriacus of R. Payne Smith, D.D., Oxford: Clarendon Press