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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

  • καὶ εἶπε Βαλαὰμ πρὸσ Βαλάκ. οὐχὶ καὶ τοῖσ ἀγγέλοισ σου, οὓσ ἀπέστειλασ πρόσ με, ἐλάλησα λέγων. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 24:12)
  • καὶ εἶπε τοῖσ ἀγγέλοισ τοῖσ ἐρχομένοισ. τάδε ἐρεῖτε τοῖσ ἀνδράσιν Ἰαβίσ. αὔριον ὑμῖν ἡ σωτηρία διαθερμάναντοσ τοῦ ἡλίου. καὶ ἦλθον οἱ ἄγγελοι εἰσ τὴν πόλιν καὶ ἀπαγγέλλουσι τοῖσ ἀνδράσιν Ἰαβίσ, καὶ εὐφράνθησαν. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 11:9)
  • καὶ εἶπε τοῖσ ἀγγέλοισ υἱοῦ Ἄδερ. λέγετε τῷ κυρίῳ ὑμῶν. πάντα ὅσα ἀπέσταλκασ πρὸσ τὸν δοῦλόν σου ἐν πρώτοισ ποιήσω, τὸ δὲ ρῆμα τοῦτο οὐ δυνήσομαι ποιῆσαι. καὶ ἀπῇραν οἱ ἄνδρεσ καὶ ἐπέστρεψαν αὐτῷ λόγον. (Septuagint, Liber I Regum 21:9)
  • αὐτοὶ δὲ ἐμυκτήρισαν ἐν τοῖσ ἀγγέλοισ αὐτοῦ καὶ ᾗ ἡμέρᾳ ἐλάλησε Κύριοσ ἦσαν ἐκπαίζοντεσ τοὺσ προφήτασ αὐτοῦ, ἕωσ οὗ θυμωθέντα αὐτὸν ἐπὶ τῷ ἔθνει αὐτοῦ διὰ τὰ δυσσεβήματα προστάξαι ἀναβιβάσαι ἐπ̓ αὐτοὺσ τοὺσ βασιλεῖσ τῶν Χαλδαίων. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 1:49)
  • ὅτι τοῖσ ἀγγέλοισ αὐτοῦ ἐντελεῖται περὶ σοῦ τοῦ διαφυλάξαι σε ἐν πάσαισ ταῖσ ὁδοῖσ σου. (Septuagint, Liber Psalmorum 90:11)

Synonyms

  1. a messenger

  2. one that announces

  3. angel

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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