G32 – aggelos – ἄγγελος – a messenger, angel; fig. a pastor
- Strong’s ID:
- G32
- Greek Word:
- ἄγγελος
- Transliteration:
- angelos / aggelos
- Pronunciation:
- ang’-el-os
- Part of Speech:
- noun masculine
- Etymology:
- from αγγελλω aggello (to bring tidings), possibly derived from G71
- Comparables:
- G743, an archangel
G1140, a (lesser) demon, imp - Usage Count:
- 185
- Search:
- Find “aggelos” in the Bible (New Testament)
Equip God’s People Greek Lexicon
1) a messenger, envoy, emissary
2) an angel (i.e., “messengers of God”)
3) figuratively: a pastor (i.e., “people who share God’s message”)
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Strong’s Greek Lexicon
from αγγελλω aggello [probably derived from G71; compare G34] (to bring tidings); a messenger; especially an “angel”; by implication, a pastor:—angel, messenger.
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 messenger, envoy, one who is sent, an angel, a messenger from God
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.