What does εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs) mean in the Bible?
εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs): One who proclaims the gospel message with active missionary purpose, distinct from settled pastoral teaching roles.
Greek · G2099
εὐαγγελιστής
A preacher of the gospel
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εὐαγγελιστήςG2099
Pronunciationeuangelistḗs
What does εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs) mean in the Bible?
εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs): One who proclaims the gospel message with active missionary purpose, distinct from settled pastoral teaching roles.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G2099?
The BSB source-word alignment has 3 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include [to be] evangelists (1), evangelist (1), of an evangelist (1).
Where does εὐαγγελιστής (euangelistḗs) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Acts 21:8. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Timothy (1), Acts (1), Ephesians (1).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It[to be] evangelists1×Ephesians 4:11
evangelist1×Acts 21:8
of an evangelist1×2 Timothy 4:5
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowActs 21:8
Aligned rows3
Books represented3
Acts1Ephesians12 Timothy1
Source forms
εὐαγγελιστοῦ2xeuangelistouActs 21:8, 2 Timothy 4:5
εὐαγγελιστάς1xeuangelistasEphesians 4:11
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular2xActs 21:8, 2 Timothy 4:5
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural1xEphesians 4:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. One who proclaims the gospel message with active missionary purpose, distinct from settled pastoral teaching roles.
Strong'sG2099
Lexical occurrences3 versesGreek text appearances3 timesWord forms2 forms3 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Study linkEphesians 4:7-16Source Gloss
a preacher of the gospel
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
3 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Acts 21:8Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
εὐαγγελιστοῦ,euaggelistou
an evangelist, bearer of good tidings
Read verseEphesians 4:11Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
εὐαγγελιστάς,euaggelistav
an evangelist, bearer of good tidings
Read verse2 Timothy 4:5Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
εὐαγγελιστοῦ,euaggelistou
an evangelist, bearer of good tidings
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns2Aligned forms3Case patternGenitive (2)Number patternSingular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · MasculineActs 21:8 · 2 Tim 4:52×
Accusative · Plural · MasculineEph 4:111×
Selected Scripture Witness
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Biblical Witnesses
One of the ascension gifts given by Christ to equip the church for ministry
Showing 1 selected witness from 3 lexical occurrence verses.
Word Origins
εὐαγγελιστής is built from this root: