euangelizō · proclaim good news

What it means

euangelizō (εὐαγγελίζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “proclaim good news”.

Announce the good news; in the passive, have the good news announced or be announced as good news.

How to say it

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. To make known the joyful message of Jesus.

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

Word study

To announce the good news: to give someone news that brings joy. It is formed from εὖ, ‘well’, and the verb of ἄγγελος, ‘messenger’. Of the same family is εὐαγγέλιον, ‘good news’ (G2098).

• The angel brings good news Luke 1:19Luke 2:10
• “To bring good news to the poor” Luke 4:18Matthew 11:5
• Those who are sent announce the good news of Jesus Acts 8:35Acts 5:42Romans 10:15
• The good news that Paul proclaimed 1 Corinthians 15:1Galatians 1:8
• Bringing good news about someone 1 Thessalonians 3:6

How we translate it

This edition’s glossary sets euangelion = ‘good news’, and the verb is rendered with the same words, so that it can be seen what both mean: “proclaim the good news” (8 times), “proclaiming the good news” (7), “announcing the good news” (5), “bring good news” (3). When the object is the message itself it reads “as good news” (“we proclaimed as good news to you”, Galatians 1:8). If the words ‘good news’ are already in the sentence, the verb stands alone (“the good news that I proclaimed to you”, 1 Corinthians 15:1).

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• proclaim the good news ×8
• proclaiming the good news ×7
• announcing the good news ×5
• I proclaimed ×4
• announce the good news ×3
• announcing the good news of ×3
• bring good news ×3
• was proclaimed ×3
• proclaim ×2
• as he announced the good news ×1
• others ×15

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Luke×10
• Acts×15
• Romans×3
• 1 Corinthians×6
• 2 Corinthians×2
• Galatians×7
• Ephesians×2
• 1 Thessalonians×1
• Hebrews×2
• 1 Peter×3
• Revelation×2

• Matthew 11:5

  the blind receive their sight and the lame walk, lepers are cleansed and the deaf hear, and the dead are raised, and the poor have good news proclaimed to them.

• Luke 1:19

  And the angel answered and said to him, “I am Gabriel, who stands before God, and I was sent to speak to you and to bring you this good news.

• Luke 2:10

  And the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid; for look, I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people;

• Luke 3:18

  So, with many other exhortations as well, he was proclaiming the good news to the people.

• Luke 4:18

  “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he anointed me to bring good news to the poor; he has sent me to proclaim freedom to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to send away the oppressed in freedom,

• Luke 4:43

  But he said to them, “I must bring the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns also, because for this purpose I was sent.”

• Luke 7:22

  And he answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard: the blind receive their sight, the lame walk, lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, the poor have the good news proclaimed to them.

• Luke 8:1

  And it happened afterward that he was traveling through town and village, proclaiming and bringing the good news of the kingdom of God; and the Twelve were with him,

• Luke 9:6

  And going out, they went through the villages proclaiming the good news and curing people everywhere.

• Luke 16:16

  The law and the prophets were until John; since then the kingdom of God is being proclaimed as good news, and everyone forces his way into it.

• Luke 20:1

  And it happened on one of the days, as he was teaching the people in the temple and proclaiming the good news, that the high priests and the scribes came up with the elders,

• Acts 5:42

  And every day, in the temple and from house to house, they did not stop teaching and proclaiming the good news that Jesus is the Messiah.

• Acts 8:4

  So those who had been scattered went about announcing the good news of the word.

• Acts 8:12

  But when they believed Philip as he announced the good news about the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus the Messiah, they were being immersed, both men and women.

• Acts 8:25

  So they, after testifying solemnly and speaking the word of the Lord, were returning to Jerusalem, and they were announcing the good news in many villages of the Samaritans.

• Acts 8:35

  Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning from this Scripture he announced the good news of Jesus to him.

• Acts 8:40

  But Philip was found at Ashdod, and passing through he was announcing the good news in all the towns until he came to Caesarea.

• Acts 10:36

  The word that he sent to the sons of Israel, announcing the good news of peace through Jesus the Messiah— he is Lord of all—

• Acts 11:20

  But there were some of them, men of Cyprus and Cyrene, who, coming to Antioch, were speaking also to the Hellenists, announcing the good news of the Lord Jesus.

• Acts 13:32

  And we announce the good news to you, the promise made to the fathers,

• Acts 14:7

  and there they were announcing the good news.

• Acts 14:15

  and saying, “Men, why are you doing these things? We also are men of the same nature as you, announcing the good news to you, that you should turn from these worthless things to a living God, who made the heaven and the earth and the sea and all that is in them;

• Acts 14:21

  And after announcing the good news in that city and making disciples of many, they returned to Lystra and to Iconium and to Antioch,

• Acts 15:35

  But Paul and Barnabas stayed in Antioch, teaching and proclaiming the good news of the word of the Lord, with many others also.

• Acts 16:10

  And when he saw the vision, at once we sought to go out to Macedonia, concluding that God had called us to proclaim the good news to them.

• Acts 17:18

  And some also of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers were debating with him, and some were saying, “What would this babbler want to say?” Others said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of foreign deities,” because he was proclaiming the good news of Jesus and the resurrection.

• Romans 1:15

  So for my part I am eager to proclaim the good news also to you who are in Rome.

• Romans 10:15

  And how are they to proclaim unless they are sent? As it is written: How beautiful are the feet of those who announce the good news of good things!

• Romans 15:20

  and so, making it my ambition to announce the good news not where the Messiah was already named, so that I would not build on another’s foundation,

• 1 Corinthians 1:17

  For the Messiah did not send me to immerse but to proclaim the good news, not with wisdom of word, so that the cross of the Messiah may not be emptied.

• 1 Corinthians 9:16

  For if I proclaim the good news, I have nothing to boast about, for necessity is laid upon me; for woe is to me if I do not proclaim 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 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,

• 1 Corinthians 15:2

  through which you are also being saved, if you hold fast to the word in which I proclaimed it to you, unless you believed in vain.

• 2 Corinthians 10:16

  so as to proclaim the good news in the regions beyond you, not to boast in another’s rule of things already prepared.

• 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 1:8

  But even if we or an angel from heaven should proclaim good news to you contrary to what we proclaimed as good news to you, let him be accursed.

• Galatians 1:9

  As we have said before, so now I say again: if anyone is proclaiming good news to you contrary to what you received, let him be accursed.

• 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 1:16

  to reveal his Son in me, so that I might proclaim the good news of him among the nations, at once I did not consult with flesh and blood,

And 14 more times.