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εὐαγγέλιον

euangelion · good news

Greek word · Strong’s number G2098 · appears 75 times in the Bible

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What it means

euangelion (εὐαγγέλιον) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “good news”.

An announcement of victory or of joy. It is the word usually translated "gospel".

How to say it

eu·an·ge·li·on

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

  1. The joyful message of Jesus and his kingdom.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

Word study

Good news: an announcement that brings joy. It is formed from εὖ (well) and ἀγγελία (announcement, message). Of the same group is the verb εὐαγγελίζω (announce good news, G2097).

How we translate it

Always “good news” (75 times, without exception). This edition's glossary sets euangelion = “good news”, with no deviations: the translation says what the word means, a piece of news, and good. So the link with the verb can also be seen (“announce the good news”).

Related words

Comes from

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

  • Matthew 4:23

    And he went around in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.

  • Matthew 9:35

    And Jesus went around all the towns and the villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news of the kingdom and healing every disease and every sickness.

  • Matthew 24:14

    And this good news of the kingdom will be proclaimed in the whole inhabited world as a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.

  • Matthew 26:13

    Truly I tell you, wherever this good news is proclaimed in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be told in memory of her.”

  • Mark 1:1

    The beginning of the good news of Jesus the Messiah, Son of God.

  • Mark 1:14

    Now after John was handed over, Jesus came into Galilee, proclaiming the good news of God

  • Mark 1:15

    and saying, “The time is fulfilled, and the kingdom of God has come near; change your minds and believe in the good news.”

  • Mark 8:35

    For whoever wants to save his life will lose it; but whoever loses his life for the sake of me and the good news will save it.

  • Mark 10:29

    Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, there is no one who has left house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or fields for the sake of me and for the sake of the good news

  • Mark 13:10

    And first the good news must be proclaimed to all the nations.

  • Mark 14:9

    And truly I tell you, wherever the good news is proclaimed in the whole world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”

  • Mark 16:15

    And he said to them, “Go into all the world and proclaim the good news to the whole creation.

  • Acts 15:7

    And when there had been much debate, Peter stood up and said to them, “Brothers, you know that from early days God chose among you that through my mouth the nations should hear the word of the good news and believe.

  • Acts 20:24

    But I do not account my life precious to myself, if only I may finish my course and the service that I received from the Lord Jesus, to testify to the good news of the grace of God.

  • Romans 1:1

    Paul, a slave of the Messiah Jesus, called to be an apostle, set apart for the good news of God,

  • Romans 1:9

    For God, whom I serve in my spirit in the good news of his Son, is my witness how unceasingly I make mention of you,

  • Romans 1:16

    For I am not ashamed of the good news; for it is the power of God for salvation to everyone who believes, both to the Jew first and to the Greek.

  • Romans 2:16

    on the day when God judges the secrets of people, according to my good news, through the Messiah Jesus.

  • Romans 10:16

    But not all obeyed the good news; for Isaiah says: Lord, who has believed our message?

  • Romans 11:28

    As regards the good news, they are enemies for your sake; but as regards the election, they are beloved for the sake of the fathers.

  • Romans 15:16

    that I may be a public servant of the Messiah Jesus to the nations, performing the sacred service of the good news of God, so that the offering of the nations may become acceptable, sanctified by the Holy Spirit.

  • Romans 15:19

    by the power of signs and wonders, by the power of the Spirit, so that from Jerusalem and around as far as Illyricum I have fulfilled the good news of the Messiah;

  • 1 Corinthians 4:15

    For even if you have ten thousand guardians in the Messiah, you do not have many fathers; for in the Messiah Jesus I fathered you through the good news.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:12

    If others share in the right over you, do we not even more? But we did not make use of this right; instead, we endure all things so that we may not put any obstacle in the way of the good news of the Messiah.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:14

    In the same way also the Lord commanded those who proclaim the good news to live from the good news.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:18

    What then is my reward? That in proclaiming the good news I may offer the good news free of charge, so as not to make full use of my right in the good news.

  • 1 Corinthians 9:23

    And I do all things for the sake of the good news, so that I may become a fellow sharer in it.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:1

    Now I make known to you, brothers, the good news that I proclaimed to you, which you also received, in which you also stand,

  • 2 Corinthians 2:12

    Now when I came to Troas for the good news of the Messiah, and a door had been opened for me in the Lord,

  • 2 Corinthians 4:3

    And even if our good news is veiled, it is veiled among those who are perishing,

  • 2 Corinthians 4:4

    among whom the god of this age has blinded the minds of the unbelievers, so that they would not see the light of the good news of the glory of the Messiah, who is the image of God.

  • 2 Corinthians 8:18

    And we are sending with him the brother whose praise in the good news is throughout all the assemblies;

  • 2 Corinthians 9:13

    Through the proof of this service they glorify God for the submission of your confession to the good news of the Messiah and for the generosity of your sharing with them and with all,

  • 2 Corinthians 10:14

    For we are not overextending ourselves, as though not reaching to you, for we came first even as far as you with the good news of the Messiah,

  • 2 Corinthians 11:4

    For if the one who comes proclaims another Jesus whom we did not proclaim, or you receive a different spirit that you did not receive, or a different good news that you did not accept, you bear with it well enough!

  • 2 Corinthians 11:7

    Or did I commit a sin by humbling myself so that you might be exalted, because I proclaimed to you the good news of God free of charge?

  • Galatians 1:6

    I am amazed that you are turning away so quickly from the one who called you in the grace of the Messiah, to a different good news—

  • Galatians 1:7

    which is not another good news; only there are some who are troubling you and want to distort the good news of the Messiah.

  • Galatians 1:11

    For I make known to you, brothers, the good news that was proclaimed by me, that it is not according to human standards.

  • Galatians 2:2

    And I went up because of a revelation, and I laid before them the good news that I proclaim among the nations —but privately, to those who were considered important— for fear that I might be running or had run in vain.

And 35 more times.