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ἀγγαρεύω

ἀγγαρεύω

See also: αγγαρεύω

Ancient Greek

Verb

ἀγγαρεύω (angareúō)

  1. (transitive) To dispatch as a courier
  2. (transitive) To consign one to some task, requisition, press into service
    • New Testament, The Gospel of Mark 15.21
      Καὶ ἀγγαρεύουσι παράγοντά τινα Σίμωνα Κυρηναῖον ... ἵνα ἄρῃ τὸν σταυρὸν αὐτοῦ.
      And they consigned some passerby, Simon the Cyrenian ... to carry his cross.

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