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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

  • Ἀπέστειλε δὲ Ἰακὼβ ἀγγέλουσ ἔμπροσθεν αὐτοῦ πρὸσ Ἡσαῦ τὸν ἀδελφὸν αὐτοῦ εἰσ γῆν Σηείρ, εἰσ χώραν Ἐδώμ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 32:3)
  • Καὶ ἀπέστειλε Μωυσῆσ ἀγγέλουσ ἐκ Κάδησ πρὸσ βασιλέα Ἐδὼμ λέγων. τάδε λέγει ὁ ἀδελφόσ σου Ἰσραήλ. σὺ ἐπίστῃ πάντα τὸν μόχθον τὸν εὑρόντα ἡμᾶσ, (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 20:14)
  • καὶ ἀπέστειλεν Ἰησοῦσ ἀγγέλουσ, καὶ ἔδραμον εἰσ τὴν σκηνὴν εἰσ τὴν παρεμβολήν. καὶ ταῦτα ἦν κεκρυμμένα εἰσ τὴν σκηνὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ ἀργύριον ὑποκάτω αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iosue 7:22)
  • καὶ ἀγγέλουσ ἀπέστειλεν εἰσ πάντα Μανασσῆ καὶ ἐν Ἀσὴρ καὶ ἐν Ζαβουλὼν καὶ ἐν Νεφθαλὶ καὶ ἀνέβη εἰσ συνάντησιν αὐτῶν. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 6:35)
  • καὶ ἀγγέλουσ ἐπέστειλε Γεδεὼν ἐν παντὶ ὄρει Ἐφραὶμ λέγων. κατάβητε εἰσ συνάντησιν Μαδιὰμ καὶ καταλάβετε ἑαυτοῖσ τὸ ὕδωρ ἕωσ Βαιθηρὰ καὶ τὸν Ἰορδάνην. καὶ ἐβόησε πᾶσ ἀνὴρ Ἐφραὶμ καὶ προκατελάβοντο τὸ ὕδωρ ἕωσ Βαιθηρὰ καὶ τὸν Ἰορδάνην. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 7:24)

Synonyms

  1. a messenger

  2. one that announces

  3. angel

Similar forms

Source: Ancient Greek entries from Wiktionary

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