James 4:13 ἄγε νῦν ; come now?

Greek Koine and Biblical and Medieval Greek
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Χαίρετε!

The NASB and ESV translate ἄγε νῦν as “Come now.” ἄγω means “bring along’ or “lead,” or “carry.” I figure ἄγε is the imperative ἄγω? If that is correct, is ἄγε νῦν an idiom?

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αγε νυν indeed is an idiom. In LSJ you can look up αγε and see, that the meaning of αγε/αγετε (the imperatives) is „come“, not „bring, carry“ and that αγε νυν , αγε δη, αγε δευρο are idioms, as old as Homer!

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φέρε is similar as well.