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ἄγγελος

Second declension Noun; Masculine Transliteration:

Principal Part: ἄγγελος ἀγγέλου

Structure: ἀγγελ (Stem) + ος (Ending)

Sense

  1. a messenger
  2. one that announces
  3. (later) angel, heavenly spirit

Declension

Second declension

The inflection forms above were generated by rules and some usages of them were not attested.

Due to a bug of system, some forms may display wrong accents.

Examples

  • ΗΛΘΟΝ δὲ οἱ δύο ἄγγελοι εἰσ Σόδομα ἑσπέρασ. Λὼτ δὲ ἐκάθητο παρὰ τὴν πύλην Σοδόμων. ἰδὼν δὲ Λώτ, ἐξανέστη εἰσ συνάντησιν αὐτοῖσ καὶ προσεκύνησε τῷ προσώπῳ ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:1)
  • ἡνίκα δὲ ὄρθροσ ἐγίνετο, ἐσπούδαζον οἱ ἄγγελοι τὸν Λὼτ λέγοντεσ. ἀναστὰσ λάβε τὴν γυναῖκά σου καὶ τὰσ δύο θυγατέρασ σου, ἃσ ἔχεισ, καὶ ἔξελθε, ἵνα μὴ καὶ σὺ συναπόλῃ ταῖσ ἀνομίαισ τῆσ πόλεωσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:15)
  • καὶ ἐταράχθησαν. καὶ ἐκράτησαν οἱ ἄγγελοι τῆσ χειρὸσ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῆσ χειρὸσ τῆσ γυναικὸσ αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν χειρῶν τῶν δύο θυγατέρων αὐτοῦ, ἐν τῷ φείσασθαι Κύριον αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 19:16)
  • καὶ ἐνυπνιάσθη, καὶ ἰδοὺ κλίμαξ ἐστηριγμένη ἐν τῇ γῇ, ἧσ ἡ κεφαλὴ ἀφικνεῖτο εἰσ τὸν οὐρανόν, καὶ οἱ ἄγγελοι τοῦ Θεοῦ ἀνέβαινον καὶ κατέβαινον ἐπ̓ αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 28:12)
  • ΚΑΙ Ἰακὼβ ἀπῆλθεν εἰσ τὴν ὁδὸν ἑαυτοῦ. καὶ ἀναβλέψασ εἶδε παρεμβολὴν Θεοῦ παρεμβεβληκυῖαν, καὶ συνήντησαν αὐτῷ οἱ ἄγγελοι τοῦ Θεοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 32:1)

Synonyms

  1. a messenger

  2. one that announces

  3. angel

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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