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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 τῷ ἀγγέλῳ Κυρίου. ἡμάρτηκα, οὐ γὰρ ἠπιστάμην ὅτι σύ μοι ἀνθέστηκασ ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ εἰσ συνάντησιν. καὶ νῦν εἰ μή σοι ἀρκέσει, ἀποστραφήσομαι. (Septuagint, Liber Numeri 22:34)
  • καὶ ἐνετείλατο τῷ ἀγγέλῳ λέγων. ἐν τῷ συντελέσαι πάντασ τοὺσ λόγουσ τοῦ πολέμου λαλῆσαι πρὸσ τὸν βασιλέα (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 11:19)
  • καὶ ἐξέτεινεν ὁ ἄγγελοσ τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν χεῖρα αὐτοῦ εἰσ Ἱερουσαλὴμ τοῦ διαφθεῖραι αὐτήν, καὶ παρεκλήθη Κύριοσ ἐπὶ τῇ κακίᾳ καὶ εἶπε τῷ ἀγγέλῳ τῷ διαφθείροντι ἐν τῷ λαῷ. πολὺ νῦν, ἄνεσ τὴν χεῖρά σου. καὶ ὁ ἄγγελοσ Κυρίου ἦν παρὰ τῇ ἅλῳ Ὀρνὰ τοῦ Ἰεβουσαίου. (Septuagint, Liber II Samuelis 24:16)
  • καὶ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ Θεὸσ ἄγγελον εἰσ Ἱερουσαλὴμ τοῦ ἐξολοθρεῦσαι αὐτήν. καὶ ὡσ ἐξωλόθρευσεν, εἶδε Κύριοσ καὶ μετεμελήθη ἐπὶ τῇ κακίᾳ καὶ εἶπε τῷ ἀγγέλῳ τῷ ἐξολοθρεύοντι. ἱκανούσθω σοι, ἄνεσ τὴν χεῖρά σου. καὶ ὁ ἄγγελοσ Κυρίου ἑστὼσ ἐν τῷ ἅλῳ Ὀρνὰ τοῦ Ἰεβουσαίου. (Septuagint, Liber I Paralipomenon 21:15)
  • καὶ εἶπε τὸ παιδάριον τῷ ἀγγέλῳ. Ἀζαρία ἀδελφέ, τί ἐστιν ἡ καρδία καὶ τὸ ἧπαρ καὶ ἡ χολὴ τοῦ ἰχθύοσ̣ (Septuagint, Liber Thobis 6:7)

Synonyms

  1. a messenger

  2. one that announces

  3. angel

Similar forms

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