ἄγω; imperfect 
ἦγον; future 
ἄξω; 2 aorist 
ἤγαγον, infinitive 
ἀγαγεῖν (more rarely 1 aorist 
ἦξα, in 
ἐπάγω 2 Peter 2:5); passive, present 
ἅγομαι; imperfect 
ἠγόμην; 1 aorist 
ἤχθην; 1 future 
ἀχθήσομαι; [from Homer down]; 
to drive, lead.
1. properly [
A. V. ordinarily, 
to bring];
a. to lead by laying hold of, and in this way to bring to the point of destination: of an animal, 
Matthew 21:7; 
Luke 19:35; 
Mark 11:7 (T Tr WH 
φέρουσιν); [
Luke 19:30]; 
τινά followed by 
εἰς with the accusative of place, 
Luke 4:9 [others refer this to 2 c.]; 
Luke 10:34; (
ἤγαγον καί εἰσήγαγον εἰς, 
Luke 22:54); 
John 18:28; 
Acts 6:12; 
Acts 9:2; 
Acts 17:5 [R G]; 
Acts 21:34; 
22:5,
24 Rec.; 
Acts 23:10,
31; 
ἐπί with the accusative, 
Acts 17:19; 
ἕως, 
Luke 4:29; 
πρός τινα, to persons, Luke (
Luke 4:40); 
Luke 18:40; 
Acts 9:27; 
John 8:3 [
Rec.].
b. to lead by accompanying to (into) any place: 
εἰς, 
Acts 11:26 (
Acts 11:25); 
ἕως, 
Acts 17:15; 
πρός τινα, to persons, 
John 1:42 (
John 1:43); 
John 9:13; 
Acts 23:18; followed by the dative of person to whom, 
Acts 21:16 on which see Winers Grammar, 214 (201) at length [cf. Buttmann, 284 (244)] (1 Macc. 7:2 
ἄγειν αὐτοὺς αὐτῷ).
c. to lead with oneself, attach to oneself as an attendant: 
τινά, 
2 Timothy 4:11; 
1 Thessalonians 4:14 (Josephus, Antiquities 10, 9, 6 
ἀπῆρεν εἰς τὴν Αἴγυπτον ἄγων καὶ Ἱερεμίαν). Some refer 
Acts 21:16 to this head, resolving it 
ἄγοντες Μνάσωνα παῤ ᾧ ξενισθῶμεν, but incorrectly, see Winers Grammar [and Buttmann] as above.
d. to conduct, bring: 
τινά [
Luke 19:27]; 
John 7:45; [
John 19:4, 
13]; 
Acts 5:21, 
26, [
Acts 5:27]; 
Acts 19:37; 
20:12; 
25:6, 
23; 
πῶλον, 
Mark 11:2 (where T Tr WH 
φέρετε); [
Luke 19:30, see a. above]; 
τινά τινι or 
τί τινι, 
Matthew 21:2; 
Acts 13:23 G L T Tr WH.
e. to lead away, to a court of justice, magistrate, etc.: simply, 
Mark 13:11; [
Acts 25:17]; 
ἐπί with the accusative, 
Matthew 10:18; 
Luke 21:12 (T Tr WH 
ἀπαγομένους; [
Luke 23:1]; Acts [
Acts 9:21]; 
Acts 18:12; (often in Attic); [
πρός with the accusative, 
John 18:13 L T Tr WH]; to punishment: simply (2 Macc. 6:29; 2 Macc. 7:18, etc.), 
John 19:16 Griesbach (R 
καὶ ἀπήγαγον, which L T Tr WH have expunged); with the telic infinitive, 
Luke 23:32; [followed by 
ἵνα, 
Mark 15:20 Lachmann]; 
ἐπί σφαγήν, 
Acts 8:32 (
ἐπὶ θανάτῳ, Xenophon, mem. 4, 4, 3; an. 1, 6, 10).
2. tropically,
a. to lead, guide, direct: 
John 10:16; 
εἰς μετάνοιαν, 
Romans 2:4.
b. to lead through, conduct, to something, become the author of good or of evil to some one: 
εἰς δόξαν, 
Hebrews 2:10 (
εἰς [others, 
ἐπὶ] 
καλοκἀγαθίαν, Xenophon, mem. 1, 6, 14; 
εἰς δουλείαν, Demosthenes, p. 213, 28).
c. to move, impel, of forces and influences affecting the mind: 
Luke 4:1 (where read 
ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ [with L text T Tr WH]); 
πνεύματι θεοῦ ἄγεσθαι, 
Romans 8:14; 
Galatians 5:18; 
ἐπιθυμίαις, 
2 Timothy 3:6; simply, 
urged on by blind impulse, 1 Corinthians 12:2 — unless 
impelled by Satan's influence be preferable, cf. 
1 Corinthians 10:20; 
Ephesians 2:2; [Buttmann, 383f (328f)].
3. to pass a day, 
keep or 
celebrate a feast, etc.: 
τρίτην ἡμέραν ἄγει namely, 
ὁ Ἰσραήλ, 
Luke 24:21 [others (see Meyer) supply 
αὐτός or 
ὁ Ἰησοῦς; still others take 
ἄγει as impersonal, 
one passes, Vulg. tertia dies est; see Buttmann, 134 (118)]; 
γενεσίων ἀγομένων, 
Matthew 14:6 R G; 
ἀγοραῖοι (which see, 2), 
Acts 19:38; often in the 
O. T. Apocrypha (cf. 
Wahl, Claris Apocr. under the word 
ἄγω, 3), in Herodotus and Attic writers.
4. intransitive, 
to go, depart (Winers Grammar, § 38, 1, p. 251 (236); [Buttmann, 144 (126)]): 
ἄγωμεν let us go, Matthew 26:46; 
Mark 14:42; 
John 14:31; 
πρός τινα, 
John 11:15; 
εἰς with the accusative of place, 
Mark 1:38; 
John 11:7 (Epictetus diss. 3, 22, 55 
ἄγωμεν, 
ἐπἰ τὸν ἀνθύπατον); [followed by 
ἵνα, 
John 11:16. Compare: 
ἀνάγω, 
ἐπανάγω, 
ἀπάγω, 
συναπάγω, 
διάγω, 
εἰσάγω, 
παρεισάγω, 
ἐξάγω, 
ἐπάγω, 
κατάγω, 
μετάγω παράγω, 
περιάγω, 
προάγω, 
προσάγω, 
συνάγω, 
ἐπισυνάγω, 
ὑπάγω. Synonym: cf. Schmidt, chapter 105.] 
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