Lexical Definition

‎ἄγω‎ ágō (ag'-o) to bring ^G:V
a primary verb

be, bring (forth), carry, (let) go, keep, lead away, be open.

• properly, to lead
• by implication, to bring, drive, (reflexively) go, (specially) pass (time), or (figuratively) induce

Abbott-Smith

ἄγω, [in LXX for בּוא hi., לקח, נהג, etc.;]

1. to lead, bring, carry: c. acc., seq. ἐπί, εἰς, ἕως, πρός and simple dat.; metaph., to lead, guide, impel: Jo 10:16 Ro 2:4, He 2:10, II Ti 3:6, al.
2. to spend or keep a day: Lk 24:21, Ac 19:38
3. Intrans., to go: subjunc., ἄγωμεν, Mt 2:46, al. (Cramer, 61; MM, VGT, s.v.).

Abbott-Smith References

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἄγω [ᾰ],

imperfect ἦγον, Epic dialect and Ionic dialect ἄγεσκον[Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ἄξω[Refs 8th c.BC+]: thematic aorist imperative ἄξετε[Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive ἀξέμεναι, -έμεν, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: aorist 2 ἤγαγον[Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist 1 ἦξα rare, ἦζε[Refs 5th c.BC+], participle ἄξας[Refs], infinitive ἄξαι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect ἦχα[Refs 7th c.BC+], (προ-) [Refs 4th c.BC+], (συν-) [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc., Doric dialect συν-αγάγοχα[LXX+1st c.AD+] (also in compounds, (εἰσ-) Ps.-Philipp. cited in [Refs 4th c.BC+], (κατ-) Canon Laws texts[Refs]; ἀγείοχα[Refs 2nd c.BC+]; ἀγέωχα (δι-) [Refs 2nd c.BC+], etc.: pluperfect ἀγηόχει[Refs 2nd c.BC+]:—middle, future ἄξομαι[Refs 8th c.BC+], Trag.: them. aorist 1 ἄξοντο[Refs 8th c.BC+] (ἐσ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+], (προεσ-) [Refs]aorist 2 ἠγαγόμην[Refs 8th c.BC+], 2nd pers.singular ἀγάγαο[Refs]:—passive, future ἀχθήσομαι[Refs 5th c.BC+], (προσ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄξομαι in passive sense, [Refs 5th c.BC+], (προσ-) [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist 1 ἤχθην[Refs 5th c.BC+], Ionic dialect ἄχθην[Refs 5th c.BC+], participle ἀχθείς[Refs 6th c.BC+]perfect ἦγμαι[Refs 4th c.BC+]; also in middle sense, see below [Refs 5th c.BC+]

__I lead, carry, fetch, bring, of living creatures, φέρω being used of things, δῶκε δ᾽ ἄγειν ἑτάροισι.. γυναῖκα, καὶ τρίποδα.. φέρειν[Refs 8th c.BC+]; βοῦν δ᾽ ἀγέτην κεράων by the horns, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄ. εἰς or πρὸς τόπον, poetry also with accusative loci, νόστοι δ᾽ ἐκ πολέμων ἀπόνους (i.e. ἄνδρας).. ἆγον οἴκους[Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.b participle ἄγων taking, στῆσε δ᾽ ἄγων[Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.2 take with one, ἑταίρους[Refs 8th c.BC+]; τι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a wife, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.3 carry off as captives or booty, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀγόμενος, i.e. δοῦλος, [Refs 7th c.BC+]; Δίκην ἄγειν to lead Justice forcibly away, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a fowler, φῦλον ὀρνίθων ἀμφιβαλὼν ἄγει[Refs 5th c.BC+] harry, ravage a country, first in [Refs 8th c.BC+]; frequently in [Refs 5th c.BC+] and Attic dialect Prose:—in passive, ἀγόμεθα, φερόμεθα[Refs 5th c.BC+]: more rarely reversed, φέρουσί τε καὶ ἄγουσι[ἄγων τὴν Βιθυνίδα 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 3.2.2; ἦγον καὶ ἔκαον τὴν 5th c.BC: Bacchylides Lyricus [prev. work]5">Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. alone, ravage, [Refs 5th c.BC+] —but φέρειν καὶ ἄγειν sometimes means simply bear and carry, bring together, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν ποίησιν φέρειν τε καὶ ἄγειν, i.e. bring it into the state, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__I.4 ἄ. εἰς δίκην or δικαστήριον, ἐπὶ τοὺς δικαστάς to carry one before a court of justice, frequently in Attic dialect, πρὸς τὴν δίκην ἄ.[Refs 5th c.BC+]; simply ἄγειν[Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἐπὶ βασιλεῖς ἀχθήσεσθε[NT+2nd c.AD+]; φόνου ἄγεσθαι[Refs 1st c.AD+]
__I.4.b passive, to be confiscated, τὰ κτήνη ἀχθήσεται πρὸς τὰ ἐκφόρια (to meet the rent) [Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__I.5 of ships, carry as cargo, import, [οἶνον] νῆες ἄγουσι[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἵνα οἱ σὺν φόρτον ἄγοιμι (i.e. σύν οἱ) [Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.6 draw on, bring on, πῆμα τόδ᾽ ἤγαγον Οὐρανίωνες[Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.7 bear up, φελλοὶ δ᾽ ὥς. ἄγουσι δίκτυον[Refs 4th c.BC+]
__I.8 carry far and wide, spread abroad, κλέος[Refs 8th c.BC+]
__I.9 in Medicine texts, remove, φλέγμα[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II lead towards a point, lead on, τὸν δ᾽ ἄγε μοῖρα κακὴ θανάτοιο τέλοσδε[Refs 8th c.BC+]infinitive, ἄγει θανεῖν leads to death, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁδὸς ἄγει the road leads, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: metaphorically, tend, ἐπὶ τὸ ἄκρον[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.2 lead, guide, especially in war, λαόν[Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἄ. στρατιάν, ναῦς, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; hence absolutely, march, θᾶσσον ὁ Νικίας ἦγε[Refs 5th c.BC+]: simply, go, ἄγωμεν[NT]; of the gods, etc., guide, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.3 manage, νόῳ πλοῦτον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὴν σοφίαν conduct philosophical inquiry, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of reasoning, ἀγαγεῖν τοὺς λόγους[Refs 4th c.BC+]:—passive, to be led, guided, λογισμῷ[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.4 refer, attribute, τι εἰς ἐθελοκάκησιν[Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__II.5 bring up, train, educate, ἀγόμενοις ὀρθῶς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of animals, train, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II.6 reduce, ἐς βραχὺ τὴν ἀρχήν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of propositions, εἰς ῥᾳδιξστέραν κατασκευήν[Refs 3rd c.AD+]
__III draw out in length, τεῖχος ἄ. to draw a line of wall, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἄ. γραμμάς to draw lines, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἤχθωσαν κάθετοι let perpendiculars be drawn, Mete.[Refs]; ἄ. ἐπίπεδον describe a plane, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, ἦκται ἡ διῶρυξ[Refs 5th c.BC+]; κόλπου ἀγομένου τῆς γῆς, i.e. when the land forms a bight, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV hold, celebrate, Ἀπατούρια, ὁρτήν, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; frequently in Attic dialect, ἄ. ἀγῶνα[LXX+5th c.BC+]; ἐκκλησίαν[Refs 1st c.AD+]:—passive, ἀγοραῖοι ἄγονται[NT]
__IV.2 keep, observe a date, ἄ. τὴν ἡμέραν ταύτην πάντα τὸν χρόνον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; reckon, τοὺς ἐνιαυτοὺς καθ᾽ ἥλιον[Refs 1st c.BC+]
__IV.3 keep, observe, ὀρθὰν ἄγεις ἐφημοσύναν[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἡσυχίαν ἄ., ={ἡσυχάξειν}, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; κρύψιν ἄ., of stars between setting and rising, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; keep up, sustain, maintain, νεῖκος[Refs 5th c.BC+]; γέλωτ᾽ ἄγειν to keep laughing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; with predicate, maintain, ἐλευθέραν ἦγε τὴν Ἑλλάδα[Refs 4th c.BC+]
__IV.4 of Time, pass, ἀπήμαντον ἄγων βίοτον[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ποίας ἡμέρας δοκεῖς μ᾽ ἄγει; [Refs 5th c.BC+] to be ripe, τῆς γαστρὸς ὥραν ἀγούσης[Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ὥραν ἦγε θανάτου[ἄγων καὶ τριακοστόν 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “Lib. Propr.” 1. ">Refs 5th c.BC+]
__IV.5 of beliefs, hold, αἵρεσιν[Refs 2nd c.BC+]
__V hold account, treat, ἄ. ἀρετὰν οὐκ αἴσχιον φυᾶς[Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐν τιμῇ ἄγειν or ἄγεσθαι, ἐν οὐδεμιῇ μοίρῃ ἄ., περὶ πλείστου ἄ., [Refs 5th c.BC+]; θεοὺς ἄ. to believe in, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; διὰ τιμῆς ἄ. τινά, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, ἠγόμην δ᾽ ἀνὴρ ἀστῶν μέγιστος[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__VI draw down in the scale, hence, weigh, ἄ. μνᾶν, τριακοσίους δαρεικούς, etc., weigh a mina, [Refs 4th c.BC+]
__VII on ἄγε, ἄγετε, see.s. voccative
__B middle ἄγομαι, carry away for oneself, χρυσόν τε καὶ ἄργυρον οἴκαδ᾽ ἄγεσθαι[Refs 8th c.BC+]; take with one,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; of a ship's cargo, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; take to oneself, δῶρον[Refs 3rd c.BC+]; take upon oneself, ἄγεσθαι ἐς χεῖρας[Refs 5th c.BC+]
__B.2 ἄγεσθαι γυναῖκα take to oneself a wife, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; simply ἄ. marry, [Refs 5th c.BC+]perfect passive ἦγμαι is used in this middle sense, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; of the father, bring home a wife for his son, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of a brother, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; of friends of the bridegroom and bride, [Refs 8th c.BC+]: later in passive of the wife, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__B.3 like active, bring; διὰ στόμα ἄγεσθαι μῦθον bring through the mouth, i.e. utter, [Refs 8th c.BC+]

_{LSJ Scripture Refs: Matt.10.18 ☩ Mark.1.38 ☩ Acts.19.38}