κηρύσσω; imperfect ἐκήρυσσον; future κηρύξω; 1 aorist ἐκηρυξα (infinitive κηρύξαι R G Tr WH, κηρύξαι L T; cf. Lipsius, Gramm. Untersuch., p. 32ff; Tdf. Proleg., p. 101; Winer’s Grammar, § 6, 1 f. (see references under the word κῆρυξ)); passive, present κηρύσσομαι; 1 aorist ἐκηρυχθην; 1 future κηρυχθήσομαι; (κῆρυξ, which see); from Homer down; the Sept. for ÷ÈøÈà; to be a herald; to officiate as herald; to proclaim after the manner of a herald; always with a suggestion of formality, gravity, and an authority which must be listened to and obeyed;

a. univ to publish, proclaim openly: something which has been done, Mar 7:36; τόν λόγον, Mar 1:45 (here joined with διαφημίζειν); followed by indirect discourse, Mar 5:20; Luk 8:39; something which ought to be done, followed by the infinitive (cf. Winers Grammar, 322 (302); (Buttmann, § 141, 2)), Rom 2:21; Μωυσῆν, the authority and precepts of Moses, Act 15:21; περιτομήν, the necessity of circumcision, Gal 5:11.

b. specifically used of the public proclamation of the gospel and matters pertaining to it, made by John the Baptist, by Jesus, by the apostles and other Christian teachers: absolutely, Mat 11:1; Mar 1:38; Mar 3:14; Mar 16:20; Rom 10:15; with the dative of the person to whom the proclamation is made, 1Co 9:27; 1Pe 3:19; εἰς (R ἐν with the dative) τάς συναγωγάς (see εἰς, A. I. 5 b.; cf. Winer’s Grammar, 213 (200)), Mar 1:39; (Luk 4:44 T Tr text WH); (ὁ) κηρύσσων, Rom 10:14; κηρύσσειν, with the accusative of the thing, Mat 10:27; Luke (); ; τίνι τί, Luk 4:18(); τό εὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας, Mat 4:23; Mat 9:35; Mar 1:14 (where G L brackets T Tr WH τό εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Θεοῦ); τό εὐαγγέλιον simply, Mar 16:15; Gal 2:2; τό εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰς τινας (see above), 1Th 2:9; passive, Mat 24:14; Mat 26:13; Col 1:23; with εἰς πάντα τά ἔθνη or εἰς ὅλον τόν κόσμον added, Mar 13:10; Mar 14:9; τόν λόγον, 2Ti 4:2; τό ῤῆμα τῆς πίστεως, Rom 10:8; τήν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, Luk 8:1; Luk 9:2; Act 20:25 (here G L T Tr WH omit τοῦ Θεοῦ); ; βάπτισμα, the necessity of baptism, Mar 1:4; Luk 3:3; Act 10:37; μετάνοιαν καί ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν, by public proclamation to exhort to repentance and promise the pardon of sins, Luk 24:47; ἵνα μετανοῶσιν (R G μετανοήσωσι) (see ἵνα, II. 2 b.; (Buttmann, 237 (204))), Mar 6:12. τινα τισί, to proclaim to persons one whom they are to become acquainted with in order to learn what they ought to do: Χριστόν, or τόν Ἰησοῦν, Act 8:5; Act 19:13; Php 1:15; 1Co 1:23; 2Co 4:5 (where it is opposed to ἑαυτόν κηρύσσομεν, to proclaim one’s own excellence and authority); 2Co 11:4; passive, ὁ κηρυχθείς, 1Ti 3:16; with διά and the genitive of person added, 2Co 1:19; with the epexegetic addition, ὅτι οὗτος ἐστιν ὁ υἱός τοῦ Θεοῦ, Act 9:20; ὅτι ἐκ νεκρῶν ἐγήγερται, 1Co 15:12; τίνι followed by ὅτι, Act 10:42; κηρύσσων followed by λέγων (Mat 3:2), with direct discourse, Matt. ( L T WH); ; Mar 1:7; κηρύσσειν καί λέγειν followed by direct discourse, Mat 3:1 (R G Tr brackets); ; κηρύσσοντα ἐν (omitted in Rec.) φωνή μεγάλη, followed by direct discourse (of an angel as God’s herald), Rev 5:2; κηρύσσομεν with οὕτως added, 1Co 15:11. On this word see Zezschwitz, Petri apost. de Christi ad inferos descensu sententia. (Lipsius 1857), p. 31ff; (Campbell, Dissert. on the Gospels, diss. 6, pt. v. Compare: προκηρύσσω.)