Strong G31ἀγγελία
message
- Transliteration
- aggelia
- Pronunciation
- ang-el-ee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G32; an announcement that is (by implication) precept: - message.
Detailed definition
ἀγγελία, -ας, ἡ
(ἄγγελος), [in LXX chiefly for שְׁמוּעָה;]
a message: 1Jo.1:5, 3:11 (Cremer, 18; MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
(ἄγγελος), [in LXX chiefly for שְׁמוּעָה;]
a message: 1Jo.1:5, 3:11 (Cremer, 18; MM, VGT, see word).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G31 appears in 2 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- message2
First verses
- 1 John 1:5This then is the message which we have heard of him, and declare unto you, that God is light, and in him is no darkness at all.
- 1 John 3:11For this is the message that ye heard from the beginning, that we should love one another.
Occurrences by book
Related words
Word family
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἀγγελία,
Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ἀγγελίη, ἡ, (ἄγγελος) message, tidings, as well the substance as the conveyance thereof, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.17, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.30, etc.; ἀ. λέγουσα τάδε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.114)]; ἀγγελίην φάτο, ἀπόφασθε, ἀπέειπε, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.17, 9.422, 7.416; φέρειν 15.174; πέμπειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.114; ἐσπέμπειν 3.69; τὰς ἀ. ἐσφέρειν 1.114, 3.77:-ἐμὴ ἀ)]. a report of me, concerning me, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.337)]; ἀ. τινός a message about a person or thing, ἀγγελίην πατρὸς φέρει ἐρχομένοιο news of thy father's coming, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.408)]; ἀνέρος αἴθονος ἀ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 222; ἀ. τῆς Χίου ἀφικνεῖται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.15; ἦλθε ἀ. τῶν πόλεων ὅτι ἀφεστᾶσι [prev. author] 1.61: ἀ. ἦλθον ἐκ τῶν πολεμίων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.14)]; with Verbs of motion, ἀγγελίην ἐλθεῖν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.140)]: Epic dialect in genitive, τευ ἀγγελίης.. ἤλυθες[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.252; ἀγγελίης οἴχνεσκε 15.640)]; ἤλυθε σεῦ ἕνεκ᾽ ἀγγελίης (i.e. ἀγγελίης σοῦ ἕνεκα)[Refs 8th c.BC+ (3.206; ἀγγελίης πωλεῖται 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 781:—wrongly explanation by Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Biographus “Legal.” as a _masculine_)]substantive ἀγγελίης.
2 announcement, proclamation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.4)]: command, order, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Hymnus in Cererem 448, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.28, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.150, 7.263.)]
3 Ἀ. personified as daughter of Hermes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.82.)]
II messenger, Ἶρις ἀ. variant [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 781.)]
Ionic dialect and Epic dialect ἀγγελίη, ἡ, (ἄγγελος) message, tidings, as well the substance as the conveyance thereof, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.17, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.30, etc.; ἀ. λέγουσα τάδε 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.114)]; ἀγγελίην φάτο, ἀπόφασθε, ἀπέειπε, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 18.17, 9.422, 7.416; φέρειν 15.174; πέμπειν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.114; ἐσπέμπειν 3.69; τὰς ἀ. ἐσφέρειν 1.114, 3.77:-ἐμὴ ἀ)]. a report of me, concerning me, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 19.337)]; ἀ. τινός a message about a person or thing, ἀγγελίην πατρὸς φέρει ἐρχομένοιο news of thy father's coming, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 1.408)]; ἀνέρος αἴθονος ἀ. [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 222; ἀ. τῆς Χίου ἀφικνεῖται 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.15; ἦλθε ἀ. τῶν πόλεων ὅτι ἀφεστᾶσι [prev. author] 1.61: ἀ. ἦλθον ἐκ τῶν πολεμίων 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 6.2.14)]; with Verbs of motion, ἀγγελίην ἐλθεῖν[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 11.140)]: Epic dialect in genitive, τευ ἀγγελίης.. ἤλυθες[Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 13.252; ἀγγελίης οἴχνεσκε 15.640)]; ἤλυθε σεῦ ἕνεκ᾽ ἀγγελίης (i.e. ἀγγελίης σοῦ ἕνεκα)[Refs 8th c.BC+ (3.206; ἀγγελίης πωλεῖται 8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 781:—wrongly explanation by Scholia 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad”, 2nd c.AD: Apollonius Biographus “Legal.” as a _masculine_)]substantive ἀγγελίης.
2 announcement, proclamation, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 2.4)]: command, order, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (Hymnus in Cererem 448, 5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 3.28, compare 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 5.150, 7.263.)]
3 Ἀ. personified as daughter of Hermes, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “O.” 8.82.)]
II messenger, Ἶρις ἀ. variant [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th-7th c.BC: Hesiodus Epicus “Theogonia” 781.)]