εὐαγγέλιον

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From εὐάγγελος (euángelos, “bringing good news”), from εὐ- (eu-, “good”) +‎ ἄγγελος (ángelos, “messenger”).

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
gospel

Inflection

Second declension of τὸ εὐαγγέλιον; τοῦ εὐαγγελίου (Attic)

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

Derived terms

εὐαγγελίζω (euangelízō)

Descendants

Greek: βαγγέλιο (vangélio)
→ Amharic: ወንጌል (wängel)
→ Arabic: إِنْجِيل‎ (ʾinjīl)
- → Northern Kurdish: încîl
- → Malay: Injil
  - → Indonesian: Injil
- → Persian: انجیل‎ (enjil)
- → Ottoman Turkish: انجیل‎‎
  - Turkish: incil
- Uzbek: injil
→ Classical Syriac: ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ‎ (/ʾewangeliyōn/)
- → Parthian:
  Manichaean: 𐫀𐫇𐫗𐫃𐫓𐫏𐫇𐫗‎ (ʾwnglywn /ewangelyōn/)
- → Sogdian:
  Christian: ܐܘܢܓܠܝܘܢ‎ (/ewangelyōn/)
  Manichaean: 𐫀𐫇𐫗𐫃𐫓𐫏𐫇𐫗‎ (ʾwnglywn /ewangelyōn/)
  → Persian: انگلیون‎‎ (/angelyun/)
- Arabic: إنجيل‎ (ʾinjīl)
  - Persian: انجیل‎ (Enjil)
  - Ottoman Turkish: انجیل‎ (incil)
  - Western Neo-Aramaic: ܐܶܢܔܺܝܠܰܐ‎ (ʾenjīla)
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܸܘܲܢܓܸܠܝܼܘܿܢ‎ (iwwangilīyon)
  - Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܸܢܓܵܠܝܼܘܿܢ‎ (hingālīyon)
- Turoyo: ܡܓܰܠܝܽܘܢ‎ (mgalyūn)
- → Persian: انگلیون‎ (angelyun) (archaic)
→ Coptic: ⲉⲩⲁⲅⲅⲉⲗⲓⲟⲛ (euaggelion)
→ Gothic: 𐌰𐌹𐍅𐌰𐌲𐌲𐌴𐌻𐌾𐍉 (aiwaggēljō)
→ Greek: ευαγγέλιο (evangélio) (learned)
→ Latin: evangelium (see there for further descendants)
→ Russian: евангелие (jevangelije)
→ Latin: bona annuntiatio, bonus nuntius (calque)
- → Old English: godspell, godspel (calque)
  - Middle English: gospel, gospell, godspel, godspell, goddspell
    - English: gospel
  - → Old Norse: guðspjall (calque)
    - Icelandic: guðspjall
- → Old Saxon: gōdspel (calque)
- → Old Irish: soiscélae (calque)
  - Middle Irish: soiscéla, soscéla
    - Irish: soscéala
- → Middle Irish: *soiscél (calque)
  - Irish: soiscéal
  - Manx: sushtal
  - Scottish Gaelic: soisgeul

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