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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

  • ὅτε διεμέριζεν ὁ Ὕψιστοσ ἔθνη, ὡσ διέσπειρεν υἱοὺσ Ἀδάμ, ἔστησεν ὅρια ἐθνῶν κατὰ ἀριθμὸν ἀγγέλων Θεοῦ, (Septuagint, Liber Deuteronomii 32:8)
  • εἰσ τί ἐκάθισαν ἀνὰ μέσον τῆσ διγομίασ τοῦ ἀκοῦσαι συρισμοῦ ἀγγέλων̣ εἰσ διαιρέσεισ Ρουβὴν μεγάλοι ἐξετασμοὶ καρδίασ. (Septuagint, Liber Iudicum 5:16)
  • καὶ ἔλαβε δύο βόασ καὶ ἐμέλισεν αὐτὰσ καὶ ἀπέστειλεν εἰσ πᾶν ὅριον Ἰσραὴλ ἐν χειρὶ ἀγγέλων λέγων. ὃσ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκπορευόμενοσ ὀπίσω Σαοὺλ καὶ ὀπίσω Σαμουήλ, κατὰ τάδε ποιήσουσι τοῖσ βουσὶν αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐπῆλθεν ἔκστασισ Κυρίου ἐπὶ τὸν λαὸν Ἰσραήλ, καὶ ἐβόησαν ὡσ ἀνὴρ εἷσ. (Septuagint, Liber I Samuelis 11:7)
  • καὶ ἄγγελοσ Κυρίου ἐκάλεσεν Ἠλιοὺ τὸν Θεσβίτην λέγων. ἀναστὰσ δεῦρο εἰσ συνάντησιν τῶν ἀγγέλων Ὀχοζίου βασιλέωσ Σαμαρείασ καὶ λαλήσεισ πρὸσ αὐτούσ. εἰ παρὰ τὸ μὴ εἶναι Θεὸν ἐν Ἰσραὴλ ὑμεῖσ πορεύεσθε ἐπιζητῆσαι ἐν τῷ Βάαλ μυῖαν θεὸν Ἀκκαρών̣ καὶ οὐχ οὕτωσ. (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 1:3)
  • καὶ ἔλαβεν Ἐζεκίασ τὰ βιβλία ἐκ χειρὸσ τῶν ἀγγέλων καὶ ἀνέγνω αὐτά. καὶ ἀνέβη εἰσ οἶκον Κυρίου καὶ ἀνέπτυξεν αὐτὰ Ἐζεκίασ ἐναντίον Κυρίου (Septuagint, Liber II Regum 19:14)

Synonyms

  1. a messenger

  2. one that announces

  3. angel

Similar forms

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