Strong’s G29 · Greek
ἀγγαρεύω
angareúō · ang-ar-yew'-o
Origin of foreign origin (compare אִגְּרָא (H104));
Meaning properly, to be a courier, i.e. (by implication) to press into public service
In the King James Version compel (to go).
In 3 verses of the King James Version
- Matthew 5:41And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with him twain.
- Matthew 27:32And as they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name: him they compelled to bear his cross.
- Mark 15:21And they compel one Simon a Cyrenian, who passed by, coming out of the country, the father of Alexander and Rufus, to bear his cross.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.