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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 εἰσῆλθεν ἡ γυνὴ καὶ εἶπε τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆσ λέγουσα. ἄνθρωποσ Θεοῦ ἦλθε πρόσ με, καὶ εἶδοσ αὐτοῦ ὡσ εἶδοσ ἀγγέλου Θεοῦ, φοβερὸν σφόδρα. καὶ οὐκ ἠρώτησα αὐτόν, πόθεν ἐστί, καὶ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἀπήγγειλέ μοι. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 13:6)
  • ἕνεκεν τοῦ περιελθεῖν τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ ρήματοσ τούτου ἐποίησεν ὁ δοῦλόσ σου Ἰωὰβ τὸν λόγον τοῦτον, καὶ ὁ κύριόσ μου σοφὸσ καθὼσ σοφία ἀγγέλου τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ γνῶναι πάντα τὰ ἐν τῇ γῇ. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 14:20)
  • καὶ οὐκ ἐδύνατο Δαυὶδ τοῦ πορευθῆναι ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ τοῦ ζητῆσαι τὸν Θεόν, ὅτι οὐ κατέσπευσεν ἀπὸ προσώπου τῆσ ρομφαίασ ἀγγέλου Κυρίου. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 21:30)
  • καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ Θεὸσ τῶν πατέρων αὐτῶν διὰ τοῦ ἀγγέλου αὐτοῦ μετακαλέσαι αὐτούσ, καθότι ἐφείδετο αὐτῶν καὶ τοῦ σκηνώματοσ αὐτοῦ. (Septuagint, Liber Esdrae I 1:48)
  • ἐκ τῶν ὁδῶν ἑαυτοῦ ὄνειδοσ ποιεῖται ὁ ἀποστείλασ δἰ ἀγγέλου ἄφρονοσ λόγον. (Septuagint, Liber Proverbiorum 26:6)

Synonyms

  1. a messenger

  2. one that announces

  3. angel

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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