εὐαγγέλιον

εὐαγγέλιον, -ου, τό

[in LXX for בְּשׂוֹרָה, 2 Kings 4:10; 18:22; 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.; with genitive 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, 14, Colossians 1:5; ἡ ἐλπὶς (πίστις) τοῦ εὐ., Colossians 1:23, Philippians 1:27 (see Cremer, 31 ff.; and on the later eccl. use of the word„ M, Th., 143 f.)