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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
Singular Dual Plural
Nominative ἄγγελος ἀγγέλω ά̓γγελοι
Genitive ἀγγέλου ἀγγέλοιν ἀγγέλων
Dative ἀγγέλῳ ἀγγέλοιν ἀγγέλοις
Accusative ά̓γγελον ἀγγέλω ἀγγέλους
Vocative ά̓γγελε ἀγγέλω ά̓γγελοι

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

  • Εὗρε δὲ αὐτὴν ἄγγελοσ Κυρίου ἐπὶ τῆσ πηγῆσ τοῦ ὕδατοσ ἐν τῇ ἐρήμῳ, ἐπὶ τῆσ πηγῆσ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ Σούρ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 16:7)
  • καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ ἄγγελοσ Κυρίου. Ἄγαρ, παιδίσκη Σάρασ, πόθεν ἔρχῃ καὶ ποῦ πορεύῃ̣ καὶ εἶπεν. ἀπὸ προσώπου Σάρασ τῆσ κυρίασ μου ἐγὼ ἀποδιδράσκω. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 16:8)
  • εἶπε δὲ αὐτῇ ὁ ἄγγελοσ Κυρίου. ἀποστράφηθι πρὸσ τὴν κυρίαν σου καὶ ταπεινώθητι ὑπὸ τὰσ χεῖρασ αὐτῆσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 16:9)
  • καὶ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ ἄγγελοσ Κυρίου. πληθύνων πληθυνῶ τὸ σπέρμα σου, καὶ οὐκ ἀριθμηθήσεται ὑπὸ τοῦ πλήθουσ. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 16:10)
  • καί εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ ἄγγελοσ Κυρίου. ἰδού, σὺ ἐν γαστρί ἔχεισ καὶ τέξῃ υἱὸν καὶ καλέσεισ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Ἰσμαήλ, ὅτι ἐπήκουσε Κύριοσ τῇ ταπεινώσει σου. (Septuagint, Liber Genesis 16:11)

Synonyms

  1. a messenger

  2. one that announces

  3. angel

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