- ἀγγαρεύω
- to press
- ἀγγαρεύω
- I impress, send
- I impress (into my service), send (on an errand).
- ἀγγαρεύω
- to force
- G:V
- ἀγγαρεύω (from the Persian; cf. Vg. angiare, and the Heb. אִגֶרֶת; on the orthogr., see Bl., §6, 1; M, Pr., 46),
to impress into public service, employ a courier; hence, to compel to perform a service (prob. common in the vernac.; cf. Deiss., BS, 86f., MM, Exp., iv; VGT, see word):.†Refs
Mat.5:41, 27:32, Mrk.15:21
(AS)
1) to employ a courier, dispatch a mounted messenger, press into public service, compel to goIn Persia, mounted couriers were kept at regular intervals throughout Persia for carrying the royal dispatches.
ἀγγαρεύω
aggareuō
ang-ar-yew'-o
Of foreign origin (compare [H104]); properly to be a courier, that is, (by implication) to press into public service
KJV Usage: compel (to go).