εὐαγγέλιον, -ου, τό

[in LXX for בְּשׂוֹרָה, 2Ki.4:10 18:22 18:25 * ;]

__1. in cl.

__(a) a reward for good tidings (Hom.; pl. LXX, 2Ki.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: Mrk.1:15, Act.15:7, Rom.1:16, Gal.2:2, 1Th.2:4, al.; with genitive obj. τ. βασιλείας, Mat.4:23; τ. Χριστοῦ, Rom.15:19, al.; τ. κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ, 2Th.1:8; τ. υἱοῦ τ. θεοῦ, Rom.1:9; τ. δόξης τ. μακαρίου θεοῦ, 1Ti.1:11; τ. δόξης τ. Χριστοῦ, 2Co.4:4; of the author, τ. θεοῦ, Rom.15:16, al.; of the teacher, ἡμῶν, Rom.2:16, 2Co.4:3, 1Th.1:5, 2Ti.2:8; of the taught, τ. περιτομῆς, τ. ἀκροβυστίας, Gal.2:7; ἡ ἀλήθεια τοῦ εὐ. Gal.2:5, 14 Col.1:5; ἡ ἐλπὶς (πίστις) τοῦ εὐ. Col.1:23, Php.1:27 (see Cremer, 31 ff.; and on the later eccl. use of the word„ M, Th. 143 f.)

(AS)

a reward for good tidings; to make a thank-offering for good tidings; good tidings, good news; the gospel