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To speak good news

εὐαγγελίζομαιStrong’s G2097

euangelizomai

Appears in 52 verses of the New Testament

In short

Euangelizomai is the Greek word usually translated “evangelising”, “evangelise” and “evangelised”. It appears in 52 verses of the New Testament.

“The blind receive their sight, and the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, and the deaf hear, the dead are raised up, and the poor have the gospel preached to them.”
Matthew 11:5 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “evangelising”, “evangelise” and “evangelised”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • evangelising 13
  • to evangelise 9
  • i evangelised 4
  • he was evangelising 3
  • having evangelised 3
  • having been evangelised 3
  • are evangelised 2
  • he evangelised 2

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Acts 15
  • Luke 10
  • Galatians 6
  • 1 Corinthians 5
  • Romans 3
  • 1 Peter 3

12 books in all.

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Greek dictionary

εὐαγγελίζομαι euangelizomai · to speak good news

εὐαγγελίζω [in LXX for בָּשַׂר pi., hith.; for good news in general: 1Ki.31:9, al.; of God's loving kindness, Psa.40:10 96:2, and esp. of Messianic blessings, Isa.40:9 60:6, al. ;] to bring or announce glad tidings; 1. act. (only in late writers): with accusative of person(s), Rev.10:7; before ἐπί, with accusative of person(s), Rev.14:6; pass., of things, to be proclaimed as glad tidings: Luk.16:16, Gal.1:11, 1Pe.1:25; impers., 1Pe.4:6; of persons, to have glad tidings proclaimed to one: Mat.11:5, Luk.7:22, Heb.4:2, 6 …

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.