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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εὐαγγελιστής G2099
Pronunciation euangelistḗs
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.
Full entry for εὐαγγελιστής (G2099) · Open the biblical lexicon
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] evangelists 1× Ephesians 4:11
evangelist 1× Acts 21:8
of an evangelist 1× 2 Timothy 4:5
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Acts 21:8
Aligned rows 3
Books represented 3
Acts 1 Ephesians 1 2 Timothy 1
Source forms
εὐαγγελιστοῦ 2x euangelistou Acts 21:8, 2 Timothy 4:5
εὐαγγελιστάς 1x euangelistas Ephesians 4:11
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular 2x Acts 21:8, 2 Timothy 4:5
Noun - Accusative Masculine Plural 1x Ephesians 4:11
Evidence Summary
Greek word. One who proclaims the gospel message with active missionary purpose, distinct from settled pastoral teaching roles.
Strong's G2099
Lexical occurrences 3 verses Greek text appearances 3 times Word forms 2 forms 3 references Verse guides 0 guides
Study link Ephesians 4:7-16 Source Gloss
a preacher of the gospel
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek 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 21:8 Noun Genitive Singular Masculine
εὐαγγελιστοῦ, euaggelistou
an evangelist, bearer of good tidings
Read verse Ephesians 4:11 Noun Accusative Plural Masculine
εὐαγγελιστάς, euaggelistav
an evangelist, bearer of good tidings
Read verse 2 Timothy 4:5 Noun 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 patterns 2 Aligned forms 3 Case pattern Genitive (2) Number pattern Singular (2)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Masculine Acts 21:8 · 2 Tim 4:5 2×
Accusative · Plural · Masculine Eph 4:11 1×
Selected Scripture Witness
Selected passage-level study witnesses for this word. This section is not the full occurrence list.
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:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain