εὐαγγέλιον

Ancient Greek

Alternative forms

βαγγέλιον (bangélion), βαγγέλιο (bangélio) — Byzantine

Etymology

From εὐάγγελος (euángelos, “bringing good news”), from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) +‎ ἀγγέλλω (angéllō, “to deliver”).

Pronunciation

(5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /eu̯.aŋ.ɡé.li.on/
(1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /e.waŋˈɡe.li.on/
(4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /e.βaɲˈɟe.li.on/
(10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /e.vaɲˈɟe.li.on/
(15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /e.vaɲˈɟe.li.on/

Noun

εὐαγγέλιον • (euangélion) n (genitive εὐαγγελίου); second declension

a reward for good news
good news
(biblical, Christianity) gospel
- c. 50 CE – 60 CE, Paul the Apostle, Epistle to the Galatians 1:11

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ εὐαγγέλιον; τοῦ εὐαγγελίου (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ εὐαγγέλιον tò euangélion	τὼ εὐαγγελίω tṑ euangelíō	τᾰ̀ εὐαγγέλιᾰ tằ euangéliă
Genitive	τοῦ εὐαγγελίου toû euangelíou	τοῖν εὐαγγελίοιν toîn euangelíoin	τῶν εὐαγγελίων tôn euangelíōn
Dative	τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ tōî euangelíōi	τοῖν εὐαγγελίοιν toîn euangelíoin	τοῖς εὐαγγελίοις toîs euangelíois
Accusative	τὸ εὐαγγέλιον tò euangélion	τὼ εὐαγγελίω tṑ euangelíō	τᾰ̀ εὐαγγέλιᾰ tằ euangéliă
Vocative	εὐαγγέλιον euangélion	εὐαγγελίω euangelíō	εὐαγγέλιᾰ euangéliă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Derived terms

εὐαγγελίζω (euangelízō)

Descendants

Terms

Byzantine Greek: βαγγέλιον (bangélion), βαγγέλιο (bangélio)
- Greek: βαγγέλιο (vangélio)
→ Amharic: ወንጌል (wängel)
→ Arabic: إِنْجِيل (ʔinjīl)
- Maltese: inġil (obsolete)
- → Azerbaijani: İncil
  - Bashkir: Инжил (Inžil)
- → Bengali: ইঞ্জিল (injil)
- → Japanese: インジール
- → Kazakh: Інжіл (İnjil)
- → Northern Kurdish: încîl
- → Malay: Injil
  - → Indonesian: Injil
- → Persian: انجیل (enjil)
- → Ottoman Turkish: انجیل
  - Turkish: İncil, incil
- → Chagatai:
  - Uzbek: injil
→ Classical Syriac: ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ (/⁠ʾewangeliyōn⁠/) (see there for further descendants)
→ Persian: انگلیون (/⁠angelyun⁠/)
→ Coptic: ⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲟⲛ (euaggelion)
→ Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌴𐌻𐌾𐍉 (aiwaggēljō)
→ Greek: ευαγγέλιο (evangélio) (learned)
→ Latin: evangelium (see there for further descendants)
→ Russian: евангелие (jevangelije)
→ Serbo-Croatian: јеванђеље, jevanđelje
→ Latin: bona annuntiatio, bonus nuntius (calque)
- → Dutch: blijde boodschap (calque)
- → Old English: godspell, godspel, gōdspel, gōdspell, early (calque)
  - Middle English: gospel, gospell, godspel, godspell
    - English: gospel (see there for further descendants)
    - Scots: gospel
  - → Old Norse: guðspjall (calque)
    - Icelandic: guðspjall
- → Old Saxon: gōdspel (calque)
- → Old Irish: soiscélae, soscéle (calque)
  - Middle Irish: soiscéla, soscéla
    - Irish: soscéala
- → Middle Irish: *soiscél (calque)
  - Irish: soiscéal
  - Manx: sushtal
  - Scottish Gaelic: soisgeul
→ Hindi: सुसमाचार (susamācār) (calque)
→ Bengali: সুসমাচার (śuśomacar) (calque)

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