2001 Translation

EUAGGELION, euaggelion

Sounds Like: yoo-ang-GEL-ee-on

Translations: gospel, good news, a gospel, the good news

From the root: ΕΥ̓ΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a message of good news or glad tidings. In a religious context, particularly in Christianity, it specifically refers to the good news of salvation through Jesus Christ. It is a compound word formed from the prefix ΕΥ̓- (eu-), meaning 'good' or 'well', and ἈΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ (angelion), meaning 'message' or 'announcement'.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative or Accusative, Neuter

Strong’s number: G2098 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Barnabus

• Letter of Barnabas — 5:9

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:38, 11:25

Ignatius of Antioch

• Ignatius’ Letter to the Smyrnaeans — 5:1
• Ignatius’ Letter to the Philadelphians — 5:2, 9:2

Polycarp of Smyrna

• Martyrdom of Polycarp — 1:1, 4:1, 19:1, 22:1

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 4:23, 9:35, 24:14, 26:13
• Mark — 1:14, 13:10, 14:9, 16:15
• Acts — 20:24
• Romans — 1:1, 1:16, 2:16, 11:28, 15:16, 15:19, 16:25
• 1 Corinthians — 9:14, 9:18, 9:23, 15:1
• 2 Corinthians — 2:12, 4:3, 9:13, 11:4, 11:7
• Galatians — 1:6, 1:7, 1:11, 2:2, 2:7
• Ephesians — 1:13
• Philippians — 1:5, 2:22
• 1 Thessalonians — 1:5, 2:2, 2:4, 2:8, 2:9
• 1 Timothy — 1:11
• 2 Timothy — 2:8
• Revelation — 14:6

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΥ̓ΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ.

These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.

• ΕΥ̓ΑΓΓΕΛΙΑΝ — good news, gospel, a good news, a gospel
• ΕΥ̓ΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΥ — of the good news, of good news, of the gospel, of a gospel
• ΕΥ̓ΑΓΓΕΛΙΩΝ — of good news, of gospel, of good tidings

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