εὐαγγέλ-ιον, τό,
reward of good tidings, given to the messenger, εὐαγγέλιον δέ μοι ἔστω [[ 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 14.152; οὐ.. εὐ. τόδε τείσω [prev. work] 166 ] Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἀπολήψῃ τὸ εὐ. [[ 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Demetrius” 17: in _Attic dialect_ always in _plural_, εὐαγγέλια θύειν] Refs 1st c.AD+] to make a thank-offering for good-tidings, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Isocrates Orator 7.10, 4th-3rd c.BC: Menander Comicus “Περικειρομένη” 415; εὐ. θύειν ἑκατὸν βοῦς τῇ θεῷ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 656 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐβουθύτει ὡς εὐ. [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Historia Graeca (Hellenica)” 4.3.14; εὐαγγελίων θυσίαι 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.160 ] Refs 5th c.BC+]; εὐ. στεφανοῦν, ἀναδῆσαί τινα, to crown one for good news brought, [[ 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Equites” 647, “Pl.” 765; ἐστεφανωμένη ἐπ᾽ εὐαγγελίοις 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus “Sertorius” 11, compare “Supp.epigram” 1.362.7 (Samos, 4th c.BC). ] Refs 5th c.BC+]
__II good tidings, good news, in plural, [[ LXX.2Ki.4.10, 1st c.BC: Cicero, M. Tullius Orator et Philosophus “Epistulae ad Atticum” 2.3.1, 13.40.1, “Inscription Prien.” 105.40 (1st c.BC): _sing._, 1st c.AD: Josephus Historicus “Bellum Judaicum” 2.17.4, 2nd c.AD: Lucianus Sophista “Asin.” 26, 2nd c.AD: Appianus Historicus “Bella Civilia” 3.93, “Sammelb.” 421 (3rd c.AD). ] LXX+1st c.BC+]
__II.2 in Christian sense, the gospel, [[NT.Gal.1.11, etc. ] NT]