What does ἀγανακτέω (aganaktéō) mean in the Bible?
ἀγανακτέω (aganaktéō): Righteous anger at something perceived as unjust or offensive, often involving disapproval.
Greek · G23
ἀγανακτέω
Be indignant
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ἀγανακτέω G23
Pronunciation aganaktéō
What does ἀγανακτέω (aganaktéō) mean in the Bible?
ἀγανακτέω (aganaktéō): Righteous anger at something perceived as unjust or offensive, often involving disapproval.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G23?
The BSB source-word alignment has 7 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include they were indignant (2), expressed their indignation (1), He was indignant (1), indignant (1), was indignant (1).
Where does ἀγανακτέω (aganaktéō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Matthew 20:24. Its strongest book concentrations include Mark (3), Matthew (3), Luke (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It they were indignant 2× Matthew 20:24, Matthew 26:8
expressed their indignation 1× Mark 14:4
He was indignant 1× Mark 10:14
indignant 1× Mark 10:41
was indignant 1× Luke 13:14
were indignant 1× Matthew 21:15
Show sample aligned rows
Matthew 20:24 ἠγανάκτησαν to they were indignant Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Matthew 21:15 ἠγανάκτησαν to were indignant Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Matthew 26:8 ἠγανάκτησαν to they were indignant Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Mark 10:14 ἠγανάκτησεν to He was indignant Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Mark 10:41 ἀγανακτεῖν to indignant Verb - Present Infinitive Active Mark 14:4 ἀγανακτοῦντες to expressed their indignation Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Luke 13:14 ἀγανακτῶν to was indignant Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Matthew 20:24
Aligned rows 7
Books represented 3
Matthew 3 Mark 3 Luke 1
Source forms
ἠγανάκτησαν 3x ēganaktēsan Matthew 20:24, Matthew 21:15, Matthew 26:8
ἀγανακτεῖν 1x aganaktein Mark 10:41
ἀγανακτοῦντες 1x aganaktountes Mark 14:4
ἀγανακτῶν 1x aganaktōn Luke 13:14
ἠγανάκτησεν 1x ēganaktēsen Mark 10:14
Parsing patterns
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 3x Matthew 20:24, Matthew 21:15, Matthew 26:8
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x Mark 10:14
Verb - Present Infinitive Active 1x Mark 10:41
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Mark 14:4
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Singular 1x Luke 13:14
Evidence Summary
Greek word. Righteous anger at something perceived as unjust or offensive, often involving disapproval.
Strong's G23
Lexical occurrences 7 verses Greek text appearances 7 times Word forms 3 forms 7 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
be indignant
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
7 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Matthew 20:24 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἠγανάκτησαν hganakthsan
I am angry, am incensed
Read verse Matthew 21:15 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἠγανάκτησαν, hganakthsan
I am angry, am incensed
Read verse Matthew 26:8 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἠγανάκτησαν, hganakthsan
I am angry, am incensed
Read verse Mark 10:14 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
ἠγανάκτησε, hganakthsen
I am angry, am incensed
Read verse Mark 10:41 Verb Present Active Infinitive
ἀγανακτεῖν aganaktein
I am angry, am incensed
Read verse Mark 14:4 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀγανακτοῦντες aganaktountev
I am angry, am incensed
Read verse Luke 13:14 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀγανακτῶν aganaktwn
I am angry, am incensed
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 7 Tenses Aorist, Present Voices Active
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 4×
Aorist Active Matt 20:24 · Matt 21:15 · Matt 26:8 · Mark 10:14 4×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 1×
Present Active Mark 10:41 1×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Present Active Mark 14:4 · Luke 13:14 2×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 6 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 4 present 2
Voice
active 6
Mood
indicative 4 participle 1 infinitive 1
NT Occurrences
Matthew 20:24 ἠγανάκτησαν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 21:15 ἠγανάκτησαν aorist active indicative completed Matthew 26:8 ἠγανάκτησαν aorist active indicative completed Mark 10:14 ἠγανάκτησεν aorist active indicative completed Mark 10:41 ἀγανακτεῖν present active infinitive infinitive Luke 13:14 ἀγανακτῶν present active participle participle
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Selected Scripture Witnesses
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
Witnesses
Luke 15:11–32 ἠγανάκτησεν aganaktéō
Was angry, indignant
Mark 10:13–16 ἠγανακτέω aganaktéō
to be indignant, greatly displeased
Showing 2 selected witnesses from 7 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
ἀγανακτέω is built from this root:
ἀγκάλη G43
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain