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Ancient Greek
Etymology
From εὐάγγελος (euángelos, “bringing good news”), from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) + ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /eu̯.aŋ.ɡé.li.on/ → /e.βaɲˈɟe.li.on/ → /e.vaɲˈɟe.li.on/
Noun
εὐαγγέλιον • (euangélion) n (genitive εὐαγγελίου); second declension
- a reward for good news
- good news
- gospel
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References
- “εὐαγγέλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “εὐαγγέλιον”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- “εὐαγγέλιον”, in Autenrieth, Georg (1891) A Homeric Dictionary for Schools and Colleges, New York: Harper and Brothers
- εὐαγγέλιον in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Bauer, Walter et al. (2001) A Greek–English Lexicon of the New Testament and Other Early Christian Literature, Third edition, Chicago: University of Chicago Press
- εὐαγγέλιον in Cunliffe, Richard J. (1924) A Lexicon of the Homeric Dialect: Expanded Edition, Norman: University of Oklahoma Press, published 1963
- G2098 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible