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Strong's #1860 - ἐπαγγελία

Transliteration
epangelía
Phonetics
ep-ang-el-ee'-ah
Origin
from (G1861)
Parts of Speech
feminine noun
TDNT
2:576,240
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Definition   
Thayer's
  1. announcement
  2. promise
    1. the act of promising, a promise given or to be given
    2. a promised good or blessing
Hebrew Equivalent Words:
Strong #: 92 ‑ אֲגֻדָּה (ag‑ood‑daw');  5612 ‑ סִפְרָה (say'‑fer, sif‑raw');  6575 ‑ פָּרָשָׁה (paw‑raw‑shaw');  
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Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐπαγγ-ελία, ἡ,

1. command, summons, Plb. 9.38.2. announcement, notice, IG 22.1235.7 (iii B.C.); τοῦ ἀγῶνος SIG 561.9 (Chalcis), prob. in LXX 1 Maccabees 10:15; v.l. in 1 John 1:5.

2. as law-term, . (sc. δοκιμασίας) summons to attend a δοκιμασία τῶν ῥητόρων (v. ἐπαγγέλλω 3), ἐ. τινὶ ἐπαγγέλλειν Aeschin. 1.64, cf. 81; πρὸς τοὺς θεσμοθέτας ἔσθ' ἡμῖν ἐ. D. 22.29: generally, notification, summons, Sammelb. 4434 (ii A.D.).

3. offer, promise, profession, undertaking, D. 21.14; τὰς ὑπερβολὰς τῶν ἐ. Arist. EN 1164a29, cf. Phld. Herc. 1251.20; ἐπαγγελίας ποιεῖσθαί τινι Plb. 1.72.6; ἐν ἐν ἐπαγγελίᾳ καταλιπών having left it as a promise, Id. 18.28.1; τὴν ἐ. ἐπὶ τέλος ἀγαγεῖν ibid., cf. SIG 577.11 (Milet., iii/ii B. C.); ὤμων ἐπαγγελίᾳ the promise of his shoulders, Philostr. Im. 1.4; ἐξ ἐ., = ἐπαγγειλάμενος, BCH 11.12 (Lagina); ἐ. ποιησάμενος ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων Michel 473.10 (Mylasa); ἐβεβαίωσεν τὴν ἐ. Inscr.Prien. 123.9, cf. GDI 3624a34 (Cos).

4. indication, τοῦ ἐσομένου A.D. Synt. 205.13.

5. pl., canvassing, = Lat. ambitus, prob. f.l. for παρ-, Plu. 2.276d.

6. = ἐπάγγελμα 2, subject of a treatise, Gal. Libr.Propr.Prooem.

7. the curative property claimed for prescriptions or drugs, ταῖς τῶν φαρμάκων ἐ. their advertised properties, Herod.Med. ap. Orib. 10.5.1, cf. Gal. 13.504,al.; ἐ. ἐπιτηδεύματος public exercise of a profession, Men.Prot.p.1D.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

ἐπαγγελία, ἐπαγγελίας, (ἐπαγγέλλω);

1. announcement: 1 John 1:5 (Rec., where ἀγγελία was long since restored); κατ' ἐπαγγελίαν ζωῆς τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, to proclaim life in fellowship with Christ, 2 Timothy 1:1 (Winers Grammar, 402 (376); cf. κατά, II. at the end. But others give ἐπαγγελία here as elsewhere the sense of promise, cf. 2 below).

2. promise;

a. the act of promising, a promise given or to be given: προσδέχεσθαι τήν ἀπό τίνος ἐπαγγελίαν (assent; the reference is to a promise to surrender Paul to the power and sentence of the Jews), Acts 23:21; (add, ἐπαγγελίας λόγος οὗτος, Romans 9:9). It is used also of the divine promises of blessing, especially of the benefits of salvation by Christ (cf. Lightfoot on Galatians, 3:14): Acts 7:17; Romans 4:14, 16; (plural Romans 9:4); Galatians 3:17f, 21; Galatians 4:23; Hebrews 11:17; 2 Peter 3:9 (on which see βραδύνω, 2); Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 11:9; followed by the infinitive Hebrews 4:1; γίνεται τίνι, Romans 4:13; πρός τινα, Acts 13:32; Acts 26:6; ἐρρήθη τίνι, Galatians 3:16; ἐστι τίνι, belongs to one, Acts 2:39; ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι τήν ἐπαγγελίαν 1 John 2:25; ἔχειν ἐπαγγελίας, to have received, Hebrews 7:6; 2 Corinthians 7:1 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 177 (166)); to have linked to it, 1 Timothy 4:8; εἶναι ἐν ἐπαγγελία, joined with a promise (others besides; cf. Winer's Grammar, 391 (366)), Ephesians 6:2; γῆ τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, the promised land, Hebrews 11:9; τά κατά τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, born in accordance with the promise, Romans 9:8; Galatians 4:28; τό πνεῦμα τῆς ἐπαγγελίας τό ἅγιον, the promised Spirit, Ephesians 1:13; αἱ διαθῆκαι τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, covenants to which was united the promise (of salvation through the Messiah), Ephesians 2:12; ἐπαγγελία τοῦ Θεοῦ, given by God, Romans 4:20; in the plural 2 Corinthians 1:20; αἱ ἐπαγγελίαι τῶν πατέρων, the promises made to the fathers, Romans 15:8; with the genitive of the object, τῆς ζωῆς, 1 Timothy 4:8; τῆς παρουσίας αὐτοῦ, 2 Peter 3:4; κατ' ἐπαγγελίαν according to promise, Acts 13:23; Galatians 3:29; δἰ ἐπαγγελίας, Galatians 3:18.

b. by metonymy, a promised good or blessing (cf. ἐλπίς, under the end): Galatians 3:22; Ephesians 3:6 (yet here cf. Meyer or Ellicott); ἀποστέλλειν τήν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πατρός μου, the blessing promised by my Father, Luke 24:49; περιμένειν, Acts 1:4; κομίζεσθαι τήν ἐπαγγελίαν, Hebrews 10:36; Hebrews 11:39 (Hebrews 11:13 T Tr WH, προσδέχεσθαι L); λαμβάνειν τάς ἐπαγγελίας, Hebrews 11:13 (R G); ἐπιτυγχάνειν ἐπαγγελιῶν, Hebrews 11:33; κληρονομεῖν τάς ἐπαγγελίας, Hebrews 6:12; ἐπιτυγχάνειν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, Hebrews 6:15; κληρονόμοι τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, Hebrews 6:17 — (to reconcile Hebrews 6:12, 15, 17 with Hebrews 11:13, 39, which at first sight seem to be in conflict, we must hold, in accordance with Hebrews 12:22-24, that the O. T. saints, after the expiatory sacrifice offered at length to God by Christ, were made partakers of the heavenly blessings before Christ's return from heaven; (others explain the apparent contradiction by the difference between the initial and the consummate reception of the promise; see the commentaries at the passage)); with the epexegetical genitive λαβεῖν τήν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος, the promised blessing, which is the Holy Spirit, Acts 2:33; Galatians 3:14 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 34, 3 a. at the end); τήν ἐπαγγελίαν τῆς αἰωνίου κληρονομίας, Hebrews 9:15. ((Demosthenes 519, 8; Aristotle, eth. Nic. 10, 1, p. 1164a, 29); Polybius 1, 43, 6, and often; Diodorus 1, 5; Josephus, Antiquities 3, 5, 1; 5, 8, 11; 1 Macc. 10:15.)


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ἐπ -αγγελία , -ας ,

(< ἐπαγγέλλω ),

[in LXX: Psalms 56:8 (H5612), etc.;]

1. a summons (as Attic law-term, Dem., al.).

2. a promise (Dem., Arist., al.): Acts 23:21; esp. in NT of the divine promises, Acts 7:17, Romans 4:14; Romans 4:16 Romans 9:4, Galatians 3:17-18; Galatians 3:21; Galatians 4:23, Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 11:9; Hebrews 11:17, 2 Peter 3:9; c. inf., Hebrews 4:1; γίνεται , etc., c. dat. pers., Acts 2:39, Romans 4:13, Galatians 3:16; seq. πρός , Acts 13:32; Acts 26:6; έπαγγέλεσθαι τὴν ἐ ., 1 John 2:25; ἔχειν ἐπαγγελίας , Hebrews 7:6, 2 Corinthians 7:1; εἷναι νἐ έπαγγελίᾳ , Ephesians 6:2; ἡ γῆ τῆς ἐ ., Hebrews 11:9; τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐ ., Romans 9:8, Galatians 4:28; τ . πνεῦμα τῆς ἐ . τ . ἅγιον , Ephesians 1:13; αἱ διαθῆκαι τῆς ἐ ., Ephesians 2:12; ἡ ἐ . τ . θεοῦ , Romans 4:20; pl., 2 Corinthians 1:20; αἱ ἐ . τ . πατέρων , Romans 15:8; c. gen. obj., τ . ζωῆς (v. Dalman, Words, 103), 1 Timothy 4:8; τ . παρουσίας αὐτοῦ , 2 Peter 3:4; κατ᾿ ἐπαγγελίαν , Acts 13:23, Galatians 3:29, 2 Timothy 1:1; δι᾿ ἐπαγγελίας , Galatians 3:18; συμμέτοχα τῆς ἐ ., Ephesians 3:6; λόγος ἐπαγγελίας , Romans 9:9. By meton. (cf. ἐλπίς ), of a promised blessing: Luke 24:49, Acts 1:14, Galatians 3:22, Hebrews 6:12-17; Hebrews 10:36; Hebrews 11:13; Hebrews 11:33; Hebrews 11:39; c. gen. epexeg., Acts 2:33 Galatians 3:14, Hebrews 9:15 (Cremer, 27).†


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For this word in its original sense of ";announcement"; we may cite Syll 605.7 (iii/B.C.) καὶ τοῖς ἀποδημοῦσιν ἐπὶ τὰς σπονδοφορίας διατελεῖ μετ᾽ εὐνοίας ἀπογράφων τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν, ib. 260.9 (not after B.C. 199) οἱ ἡιρημένοι ὑπὸ Μαγνήτων περὶ τῆς ἐπαγγελίας τοῦ ἀγῶνος. In Michel 473.10 (ii/B.C.) καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπαγγελίαν ποιησάμενος ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἔδωκεν εἰς τὴν [κατασκευὴν τῆς ] στοᾶς, the word is seen with the meaning of ";promise,"; which apparently it always has in the NT : cf. further Priene 123.9 with reference to a magistrate who on taking office had promised a distribution of food—ἐβεβαίωσεν δὲ τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν παραστή [σ ]ας μὲν τοῖς ἐντεμενίοις θεοῖς τὴν θυσίαν. In PSI IV. 281.58 (ii/A.D.) κατὰ τὰ ̣ς ἐπανγελίας αὐτο ̣υ ̣̑, the ";promises"; are almost = ";threats"; : see the editor’s note.

 


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List of Word Forms
επαγγελια επαγγελία ἐπαγγελία ἐπαγγελίᾳ επαγγελιαι επαγγελίαι ἐπαγγελίαι επαγγελιαις επαγγελίαις ἐπαγγελίαις επαγγελιαν επαγγελίαν ἐπαγγελίαν επαγγελιας επαγγελίας ἐπαγγελίας επαγγελιων επαγγελιών ἐπαγγελιῶν epangelia epangelía epangeliai epangelíai epangelíāi epangeliais epangelíais epangelian epangelían epangelias epangelías epangelion epangeliôn epangeliōn epangeliō̂n
 
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