Strong's Lexicon
G1861 — ἐπαγγέλλω
Greek entry for Bible study and original-language reference.
Definition / Gloss
| Strong's Number: | G1861 |
|---|---|
| Word: | ἐπαγγέλλω |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Etymology: | from G1909 and the base of G32 |
| Language: | Greek |
| Occurrences: | 15 |
| Transliteration: | epaggello |
| Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation: | ep-ang-el'-lo |
| Meaning: | 1. to announce upon (reflexively) 2. (by implication) to engage to do something, to assert something respecting oneself |
| KJV Renderings: | profess, (make) promise |
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπαγγέλλω: (present middle ἐπαγγέλλομαι); perfect passive and middle ἐπηγγελμαι; 1 aorist middle ἐπηγγειλαμην; from Homer down;
1. to announce.
2. to promise: passive ἐπήγγελται, to whom the promise hath been made, Gal 3:19. Middle to announce concerning oneself; i. e.:
1. to announce that one is about to do or to furnish something, i. e. to promise (of one’s own accord), to engage (voluntarily): ὁ ἐπαγγειλάμενος, Heb 10:23; Heb 11:11; ἐπήγγελται, he hath promised, followed by λέγων, Heb 12:26; τίνι, to give a promise to one, Heb 6:13; τί, Rom 4:21; Tit 1:2; τίνι τί, Jas 1:12; Jas 2:5; 2Pe 2:19; ἐπαγγελίαν, to give a promise, 1Jn 2:25 (Est 4:7; (cf. Winers Grammar, 225 (211); Buttmann, 148 (129))); followed by the infinitive (cf. Winer’s Grammar, § 44, 7 c.): Mar 14:11; Act 7:5.
2. to profess; τί, e. g. an art, to profess oneself skilled in it (τήν ἀρετήν, Xenophon, mem. 1, 2, 7; τήν στρατιάν, Hell. 3, 4, 3; σοφίαν, (Diogenes Laërtius prooem. 12; σωφροσύνην, Clement of Alexandria, paedag. 3, 4, p. 299, 27 edition Klotz; (cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, 5)): θεοσέβειαν, 1Ti 2:10; γνῶσιν, . (Compare: προεπαγγέλλω.)
Englishman's Greek Concordance
ἐπαγγέλλω (profess)
Mark 14:11
- KJV: And when they heard they were glad and promised to give him money And he sought how he might conveniently betray him
- GK: οι δε ακούσαντες εχάρησαν και επηγγείλαντο αυτώ αργύριον δούναι και εζήτει πως ευκαίρως αυτόν παραδώ
Acts 7:5
- KJV: And he gave him none inheritance in it no, not to set his foot on yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession and to his seed after him when he had no child
- GK: και ουκ έδωκεν αυτώ κληρονομίαν εν αυτή ουδέ βήμα ποδός και επηγγείλατο δούναι αυτώ εις κατάσχεσιν αυτήν και τω σπέρματι αυτού μετ΄ αυτόν ουκ όντος αυτώ τέκνου
Romans 4:21
- KJV: And being fully persuaded that what he had promised he was able also to perform
- GK: και πληροφορηθείς ότι ο επήγγελται δυνατός εστι και ποιήσαι
Galatians 3:19
- KJV: Wherefore then the law It was added because of transgressions till the seed should come to whom the promise was made ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator
- GK: τι ούν ο νόμος των παραβάσεων χάριν προσετέθη άχρις ου έλθη το σπέρμα ω επήγγελται διαταγείς δι΄ αγγέλων εν χειρί μεσίτου
1 Timothy 2:10
- KJV: But which becometh women professing godliness with good works
- GK: αλλ΄ ο πρέπει γυναιξίν επαγγελλομέναις θεοσέβειαν δι΄ έργων αγαθών
1 Timothy 6:21
- KJV: Which some professing have erred concerning faith Grace with thee Amen
- GK: ην τινες επαγγελλόμενοι περί την πίστιν ηστόχησαν η χάρις μετά σου αμήν
Titus 1:2
- KJV: In hope of eternal life which God that cannot lie promised before the world began
- GK: επ΄ ελπίδι ζωής αιωνίου ην επηγγείλατο ο αψευδής θεός προ χρόνων αιωνίων
Hebrews 6:13
- KJV: For when God made promise to Abraham because he could swear by no greater he sware by himself
- GK: τω γαρ Αβραάμ επαγγειλάμενος ο θεός επεί κατ΄ ουδενός είχε μείζονος ομόσαι ώμοσε καθ΄ εαυτού
Hebrews 10:23
- KJV: Let us hold fast the profession of faith without wavering for he faithful that promised
- GK: κατέχωμεν την ομολογίαν της ελπίδος ακλινή πιστός γαρ ο επαγγειλάμενος
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