G2098 – euaggelion – εὐαγγέλιον – gospel
- Strong’s ID:
- G2098
- Greek Word:
- εὐαγγέλιον
- Transliteration:
- euangelion / euaggelion
- Pronunciation:
- yoo-ang-ghel’-ee-on
- Part of Speech:
- noun neuter
- Usage Count:
- 77
- Search:
- Find “euaggelion” in the Bible (New Testament)
Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from the same as G2097; a good message, i.e. the gospel:—gospel.
Owing to changes in the enumeration while in progress, there were no words left for numbers 2717 and 3203–3302, which were therefore silently dropped out of the vocabulary and references as redundant.
Thayer’s Greek Definitions
1) a reward for good tidings
2) good tidings
2a) the glad tidings of the kingdom of God soon to be set up, and subsequently also of Jesus the Messiah, the founder of this kingdom. After the death of Christ, the term comprises also the preaching of (concerning) Jesus Christ as having suffered death on the cross to procure eternal salvation for the men in the kingdom of God, but as restored to life and exalted to the right hand of God in heaven, thence to return in majesty to consummate the kingdom of God
2b) the glad tidings of salvation through Christ
2c) the proclamation of the grace of God manifest and pledged in Christ
2d) the gospel
2e) as the messianic rank of Jesus was proved by his words, his deeds, and his death, the narrative of the sayings, deeds, and death of Jesus Christ came to be called the gospel or glad tidings
Thayer’s Definitions are as edited by the Online Bible of Winterbourne, Ontario. They removed the etymology, cross-references, and Greek phrases and changed some of Thayer’s Unitarian doctrinal positions concerning the work and person of Christ.