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1 Thessalonians 2:2
Textus Receptus (Stephanus 1550)
King James Bible (Oxford 1769)
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Greek-English Dictionary
a good message that is the gospel
1. a reward for good tidings
2. good tidings
a. the glad tidings of the kingdom of God soon to be set up, and subsequently also of Jesus the Messiah, the founder of this kingdom. After the death of Christ, the term comprises also the preaching of (concerning) Jesus Christ as having suffered death on the cross to procure eternal salvation for the men in the kingdom of God, but as restored to life and exalted to the right hand of God in heaven, thence to return in majesty to consummate the kingdom of God
b. the glad tidings of salvation through Christ
c. the proclamation of the grace of God manifest and pledged in Christ
d. the gospel
e. as the messianic rank of Jesus was proved by his words, his deeds, and his death, the narrative of the sayings, deeds, and death of Jesus Christ came to be called the gospel or glad tidings
of the New Testament 1889
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.