εὐαγγέλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐάγγελος (euangelos, “bringing good news”), from εὖ (eu, “good”) + ἄγγελος (angelos, “messenger”)

Pronunciation

• (5th BC Attic): IPA: /e͜ʊ.aŋɡéli.on/

• (1st BC Egyptian): IPA: /ɛwaŋɡɛ́lion/

• (4th AD Koine): IPA: /eβaŋɡélion/

• (10th AD Byzantine): IPA: /evaɲɟélion/

• (15th AD Constantinopolitan): IPA: /evãɟélion/

Noun

εὐαγγέλιον (genitive εὐαγγελίου) n, second declension; (euangelion)

1. a reward for good news
2. good news
3. gospel

Inflection

Second declension of εὐαγγέλιον, εὐαγγελίου

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ εὐαγγέλιον	τὼ εὐαγγελίω	τὰ εὐαγγέλιᾰ
Genitive	τοῦ εὐαγγελίου	τοῖν εὐαγγελίοιν	τῶν εὐαγγελίων
Dative	τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ	τοῖν εὐαγγελίοιν	τοῖς εὐαγγελίοις
Accusative	τὸ εὐαγγέλιον	τὼ εὐαγγελίω	τὰ εὐαγγέλιᾰ
Vocative	εὐαγγέλιον	εὐαγγελίω	εὐαγγέλιᾰ

Derived terms

• εὐαγγελίζω

Descendants

• English: evangelize
• English: evangelist
• Latin: evangelium
• Russian: евангелие (jevángelije) n

References

• LSJ
• Bauer lexicon
• Strong’s concordance number: G2098