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εὐαγγέλιον , -ου , τό ,

[in LXX for H1309, 2 Samuel 4:10; 2 Samuel 18:22; 2 Samuel 18:25*;]

1. in cl.,

(a) a reward for good tidings (Hom.; pl., LXX, 2 Samuel 4:10);

(b) in pl., εὐ . θύειν , to make a thank-offering for good tidings (Xen., al.).

2. Later (Luc., Plut., al.), good tidings, good news; in NT of the good tidings of the kingdom of God and of salvation through Christ, the gospel: Mark 1:15, Acts 15:7, Romans 1:16, Galatians 2:2, 1 Thessalonians 2:4, al.; c. gen. obj., τ . βασιλείας , Matthew 4:23; τ . Χριστοῦ , Romans 15:19, al.; τ . κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ , 2 Thessalonians 1:8; τ . υἱοῦ τ . θεοῦ , Romans 1:9; τ . δόξης τ . μακαρίου θεοῦ , 1 Timothy 1:11; τ . δόξης τ . Χριστοῦ , 2 Corinthians 4:4; of the author, τ . θεοῦ , Romans 15:16, al.; of the teacher, ἡμῶν , Romans 2:16, 2 Corinthians 4:3, 1 Thessalonians 1:5, 2 Timothy 2:8; of the taught, τ . περιτομῆς , τ . ἀκροβυστίας , Galatians 2:7; ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ εὐ ., Galatians 2:5; Galatians 2:14 Colossians 1:5; ἡ ἐλπὶς (πίστις ) τοῦ εὐ ., Colossians 1:23, Philippians 1:27 (v. Cremer, 31 ff.; and on the later eccl. use of the word„ M, Th., 143 f.).

For the very rare use of this word in the singular outside the NT and early Christian literature, see the iii/A.D. pap. letter cited s.v. γνώστης ad init., and cf. Archiv v. p. 406 f. The plur. is found = ";good tidings"; in the striking calendar inscr. from Priene of date about B.C. 9 with reference to the birthday of the Emperor Augustus—ἦρξεν δὲ τῶι κόσμωι τῶν δι᾽ αὐτὸν εὐανγελί [ων ἡ γενέθλιος, ";but the birthday of the god was for the world the beginning of tidings of joy on his account"; (OGIS 458.40, Deissmann LAE, P 370 f.). For the more ordinary usage = ";sacrifices,"; ";thank-offerings,"; cf. OGIS 4.42 (iv/B.C.) εὐαγγέλια καὶ σωτήρια ἔ [θ ]υσε, Michel 1325.7 εὐαγγέλια θύσω, and the new literary instance in Menandrea p. 90.415. On the history of the word and its cognates, see Harnack Constitution and Law, p. 278 f., and Milligan Thess. p. 141 ff. MGr βαγγέλιο, ";gospel.";

Εὐάγγελος is found in the magical P Hawara 312 (possibly ii/A.D.) (= Archiv v. p. 393) which begins—Ἐξορκείζ [ω ] σ ̣ε Εὐάγγελε κατὰ τοῦ Ἀνούβι <δο > ς κτλ., where Wünsch (p. 397) notes that ";Εὐάγγελος muss ein übermenschliches, aber dem Anubis untergeordnetes Wesen sein."; For the word as a proper name see also BGU II. 583.1 (before A.D. 76), ib. III. 816.6 (iii/A.D.), al., and for a similar use of Εὐαγγελεῖος see the vi/A.D. P Iand 51.5 and P Oxy VI. 998.

 

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