ἄγε
age
to lead
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ἄγε (age) is a verb that means "to lead." It is used 69 times in the Bible, indicating its importance in various contexts. The word's primary function is to convey the idea of guiding or directing someone or something from one place to another. The range of usage for ἄγε is quite broad, encompassing both literal and figurative meanings. It can refer to physical movement, such as leading a group of people or an animal, or it can be used metaphorically to describe spiritual guidance or direction. In some cases, ἄγε is used to instruct or command someone to follow a particular path or course of action. The significance of ἄγε lies in its representation of leadership, guidance, and direction. It highlights the importance of guidance and direction in various aspects of life, whether it be physical, spiritual, or emotional. By examining the occurrences of ἄγε in the Bible, we can gain a deeper understanding of the role of leadership and guidance in shaping our lives and the lives of others.
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Occurrences in Scripture
69 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
saying to them, “Go into the village that is opposite you, and immediately you will find a donkey tied, and a colt with her. Untie them, and bring them to me.
Matthew 10:18Yes, and you will be brought before governors and kings for my sake, for a testimony to them and to the nations.
Matthew 21:7and brought the donkey and the colt, and laid their clothes on them; and he sat on them.
Matthew 26:46Arise, let’s be going. Behold, he who betrays me is at hand.”
Mark 1:38He said to them, “Let’s go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because I came out for this reason.”
Mark 13:11When they lead you away and deliver you up, don’t be anxious beforehand, or premeditate what you will say, but say whatever will be given you in that hour. For it is not you who speak, but the Holy Spirit.
Mark 14:42Arise! Let’s get going. Behold: he who betrays me is at hand.”
Luke 4:1Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan, and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness
Luke 4:9He led him to Jerusalem, and set him on the pinnacle of the temple, and said to him, “If you are the Son of God, cast yourself down from here,
Luke 4:29They rose up, threw him out of the city, and led him to the brow of the hill that their city was built on, that they might throw him off the cliff.
Luke 4:40When the sun was setting, all those who had any sick with various diseases brought them to him; and he laid his hands on every one of them, and healed them.
Luke 10:34came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on oil and wine. He set him on his own animal, brought him to an inn, and took care of him.
Luke 24:21But we were hoping that it was he who would redeem Israel. Yes, and besides all this, it is now the third day since these things happened.
Luke 18:40Standing still, Jesus commanded him to be brought to him. When he had come near, he asked him,
Luke 19:30saying, “Go your way into the village on the other side, in which, as you enter, you will find a colt tied, which no man had ever sat upon. Untie it and bring it.
Luke 19:35Then they brought it to Jesus. They threw their cloaks on the colt, and sat Jesus on them.
Luke 22:54They seized him, and led him away, and brought him into the high priest’s house. But Peter followed from a distance.
Luke 23:1The whole company of them rose up and brought him before Pilate.
Luke 23:32There were also others, two criminals, led with him to be put to death.
John 1:42He brought him to Jesus. Jesus looked at him, and said, “You are Simon the son of Jonah. You shall be called Cephas” (which is by interpretation, Peter).
John 18:13and led him to Annas first, for he was father-in-law to Caiaphas, who was high priest that year.
John 7:45The officers therefore came to the chief priests and Pharisees, and they said to them, “Why didn’t you bring him?”
John 8:3The scribes and the Pharisees brought a woman taken in adultery. Having set her in the middle,
John 9:13They brought him who had been blind to the Pharisees.
John 10:16I have other sheep, which are not of this fold. I must bring them also, and they will hear my voice. They will become one flock with one shepherd.
John 11:7Then after this he said to the disciples, “Let’s go into Judea again.”
John 11:15I am glad for your sakes that I was not there, so that you may believe. Nevertheless, let’s go to him.”
John 11:16Thomas therefore, who is called Didymus, said to his fellow disciples, “Let’s go also, that we may die with him.”
John 14:31But that the world may know that I love the Father, and as the Father commanded me, even so I do. Arise, let’s go from here.
John 18:28They led Jesus therefore from Caiaphas into the Praetorium. It was early, and they themselves didn’t enter into the Praetorium, that they might not be defiled, but might eat the Passover.
John 19:4Then Pilate went out again, and said to them, “Behold, I bring him out to you, that you may know that I find no basis for a charge against him.”
John 19:13When Pilate therefore heard these words, he brought Jesus out and sat down on the judgment seat at a place called “The Pavement”, but in Hebrew, “Gabbatha.”
Acts 5:21When they heard this, they entered into the temple about daybreak and taught. But the high priest came, and those who were with him, and called the council together, and all the senate of the children of Israel, and sent to the prison to have them brought.
Acts 5:26Then the captain went with the officers, and brought them without violence, for they were afraid that the people might stone them.
Acts 5:27When they had brought them, they set them before the council. The high priest questioned them,
Acts 6:12They stirred up the people, the elders, and the scribes, and came against him and seized him, then brought him in to the council,
Acts 8:32Now the passage of the Scripture which he was reading was this, “He was led as a sheep to the slaughter. As a lamb before his shearer is silent, so he doesn’t open his mouth.
Acts 9:2and asked for letters from him to the synagogues of Damascus, that if he found any who were of the Way, whether men or women, he might bring them bound to Jerusalem.
Acts 9:21All who heard him were amazed, and said, “Isn’t this he who in Jerusalem made havoc of those who called on this name? And he had come here intending to bring them bound before the chief priests!”
Acts 9:27But Barnabas took him and brought him to the apostles, and declared to them how he had seen the Lord on the way, and that he had spoken to him, and how at Damascus he had preached boldly in the name of Jesus.
Acts 11:26When he had found him, he brought him to Antioch. For a whole year they were gathered together with the assembly, and taught many people. The disciples were first called Christians in Antioch.
Acts 13:23From this man’s offspring, God has brought salvation to Israel according to his promise,
Acts 17:15But those who escorted Paul brought him as far as Athens. Receiving a commandment to Silas and Timothy that they should come to him very quickly, they departed.
Acts 17:19They took hold of him and brought him to the Areopagus, saying, “May we know what this new teaching is, which you are speaking about?
Acts 18:12But when Gallio was proconsul of Achaia, the Jews with one accord rose up against Paul and brought him before the judgment seat,
Acts 19:37For you have brought these men here, who are neither robbers of temples nor blasphemers of your goddess.
Acts 19:38If therefore Demetrius and the craftsmen who are with him have a matter against anyone, the courts are open, and there are proconsuls. Let them press charges against one another.
Acts 20:12They brought the boy in alive, and were greatly comforted.
Acts 21:16Some of the disciples from Caesarea also went with us, bringing one Mnason of Cyprus, an early disciple, with whom we would stay.
Acts 21:34Some shouted one thing, and some another, among the crowd. When he couldn’t find out the truth because of the noise, he commanded him to be brought into the barracks.