ΕΥ̓ΑΓΓΈΛΙΟΝ: εὐαγγέλιον, -ου, τό [ [in LXX for בְּשׂוֹרָה, בְּשׂרָה, II Ki 4:10 18:22 18:25 * ;] ] 1. . in cl., (a) . בְּשׂוֹרָה, a reward for good tidings (Hom.; pl., LXX, II Ki 4:10); (b) . in pl., εὐ. θύειν, to make a thank-offering for good tidings (Xen., al.).
2. . Later (Luc., Plut., al.), good tidings, good news; in NT of the good tidings of the kingdom of God and of salvation through Christ, the gospel: Mk 1:15, Ac 15:7, Ro 1:16, Ga 2:2, I Th 2:4, al.; c. gen. obj., τ. βασιλείας, Mt 4:23; τ. Χριστοῦ, Ro 15:19, al.; τ. κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ, II Th 1:8; τ. υἱοῦ τ. θεοῦ, Ro 1:9; τ. δόξης τ. μακαρίου θεοῦ, I Ti 1:11; τ. δόξης τ. Χριστοῦ, II Co 4:4; of the author, τ. θεοῦ, Ro 15:16, al.; of the teacher, ἡμῶν, Ro 2:16, II Co 4:3, I Th 1:5, II Ti 2:8; of the taught, τ. περιτομῆς, τ. ἀκροβυστίας, Ga 2:7; ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ εὐ., Ga 2:5, 14 Col 1:5; ἡ ἐλπὶς (πίστις) τοῦ εὐ., Col 1:23, Phl 1:27 (v. Cremer, 31 ff.; and on the later eccl. use of the word„ M, Th., 143 f.)