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Strong's #1861 - ἐπαγγέλλω

Transliteration

epangéllō

Phonetics

ep-ang-el'-lo

Root Word (Etymology)

from (G1909) and the base of (G32)

Parts of Speech

Verb

TDNT

2:576,240

Definition

Thayer
Strong
Mounce

Thayer's

to announce that one is about to do or furnish something
1. to promise (of one's own accord) to engage voluntarily
to profess
1. an art, to profess one's skill in something

Hebrew Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 559 ‑ אָמַר (aw‑mar');

Frequency Lists

Book
Word
Parsing

Verse Results

KJV (15)

Mark 1

Acts 1

Romans 1

Galatians 1

1 Timothy 2

Titus 1

Hebrews 4

James 2

2 Peter 1

1 John 1

NAS (18)

Mark 1

Acts 1

Romans 1

Galatians 2

1 Timothy 3

Titus 1

Hebrews 5

James 2

2 Peter 1

1 John 1

HCS (15)

Mark 1

Acts 1

Romans 1

Galatians 1

1 Timothy 2

Titus 1

Hebrews 4

James 2

2 Peter 1

1 John 1

BSB (15)

Mark 1

Acts 1

Romans 1

Galatians 1

1 Timothy 2

Titus 1

Hebrews 4

James 2

2 Peter 1

1 John 1

ESV (14)

Mark 1

Acts 1

Romans 1

Galatians 1

1 Timothy 2

Titus 1

Hebrews 3

James 2

2 Peter 1

1 John 1

WEB (18)

Mark 1

Acts 1

Romans 1

Galatians 1

1 Timothy 2

Titus 1

Hebrews 7

James 2

2 Peter 1

1 John 1

KJV (15)

made 1

professing 2

promise 2

promised 10

NAS (18)

claim 1

made 3

making 1

professed 1

promise 2

promised 9

promising 1

HCS (15)

By professing 1

He had promised 1

He has promised 2

He promised 1

One who had promised 1

has promised 1

made 1

made a promise 1

promise 1

promised 2

the promise was made 1

who affirm 1

who promised 1

BSB (15)

He had promised 1

He has promised 1

He promised 1

They promise 1

[God] has promised 1

[God] promised 1

[made] 1

[the] promise referred 1

have professed 1

made His promise 1

profess 1

promised 2

they promised 1

who had promised 1

ESV (14)

made 1

made to 1

profess 1

professing 1

promise 2

promised 8

WEB (18)

He promised 1

he 1

he had promised 1

he has promised 1

he promised 1

him 1

made a promise 1

professing 2

promised 4

promising 1

the promise has been made 1

when 1

who had promised 1

who promised 1

RAH

V-AMI3S 1

V-PMPGSM 1

ANT

V-ADI-3S 5

V-ADP-ASM 1

V-ADP-NSM 2

V-ANI-3P 1

V-PNP-DPF 1

V-PNP-NPM 2

V-RNI-3S 3

BEZ

V-ADI-3S 5

V-ADP-ASM 1

V-ADP-NSM 2

V-ANI-3P 1

V-PNP-DPF 1

V-PNP-NPM 2

V-RNI-3S 2

V-RPI-3S 1

BGB

V-AIM-3P 1

V-AIM-3S 5

V-APM-AMS 1

V-APM-NMS 2

V-PPM/P-DFP 1

V-PPM/P-NMP 2

V-RIM/P-3S 3

BMT

V-ADI-3S 5

V-ADP-ASM 1

V-ADP-NSM 2

V-ANI-3P 1

V-PNP-DPF 1

V-PNP-NPM 1

V-RNI-3S 2

V-RPI-3S 1

BYZ

V-ADI-3S 5

V-ADP-ASM 1

V-ADP-NSM 2

V-ANI-3P 1

V-PNP-DPF 1

V-PNP-NPM 1

V-RNI-3S 2

V-RPI-3S 1

ELZ

V-ADI-3S 5

V-ADP-ASM 1

V-ADP-NSM 2

V-ANI-3P 1

V-PNP-DPF 1

V-PNP-NPM 2

V-RNI-3S 2

V-RPI-3S 1

NA26

N-DPF 1

V-AMI-3P 1

V-AMI-3S 5

V-AMPASM 1

V-AMPNSM 2

V-PMPNPM 2

V-XMI-3S 2

V-XPI-3S 1

SBL

V-3AMIP 1

V-3AMIS 5

V-3XMIS 2

V-3XPIS 1

V-AMPASM 1

V-AMPNSM 2

V-PMPDPF 1

V-PMPNPM 2

SCV

V-ADI-3S 5

V-ADP-ASM 1

V-ADP-NSM 2

V-ANI-3P 1

V-PNP-DPF 1

V-PNP-NPM 2

V-RNI-3S 2

V-RPI-3S 1

STV

V-ADI-3S 5

V-ADP-ASM 1

V-ADP-NSM 2

V-ANI-3P 1

V-PNP-DPF 1

V-PNP-NPM 2

V-RNI-3S 2

V-RPI-3S 1

TIS

V-ADI-3S 5

V-ADP-ASM 1

V-ADP-NSM 2

V-ANI-3P 1

V-PNP-DPF 1

V-PNP-NPM 2

V-RNI-3S 2

V-RPI-3S 1

V-ADI-3S 5

V-ADP-ASM 1

V-ADP-NSM 2

V-ANI-3P 1

V-PNP-DPF 1

V-PNP-NPM 2

V-RNI-3S 2

V-RPI-3S 1

V-ADI-3S 5

V-ADP-ASM 1

V-ADP-NSM 2

V-ANI-3P 1

V-PNP-DPF 1

V-PNP-NPM 2

V-RNI-3S 2

V-RPI-3S 1

Liddell-Scott-Jones Definitions

ἐπαγγ-έλλω,

aor. Pass. -ηγγέλθην IG 12.188.25, -ηγγέλην ib.12.76.19: —

1. tell, proclaim, announce, Od. 4.775, Ar. Lys. 1049 (lyr.); τινὶ ὡς.. Hdt. 3.36; τῷ δήμῳ ὑπέρ τινος ὅτι.. Inscr.Prien. 5.17 (iv B. C.); esp. proclaim by authority, notify publicly, ἐ. [τὴν ἐκεχειρίαν ] Th. 5.49; ἐ. πόλεμον Pl. Lg. 702d: — Pass., to be proclaimed, IG Il.cc., etc.; μὴ ἐπηγγέλαι πω τὰς σπονδάς Th. 5.49, cf. 8.10; βουλῆς -θείσης a meeting having been summoned, D.C. 56.29: — Med., cause proclamation to be made, Hdt. 2.121. ζ.

2. give orders, command, abs., Id. 1.70: c.acc. et inf., give orders that.., ἐπαγγείλας τοὺς Αακεδαιμονίους παρεῖναι ib. 77, cf. Th. 6.56: c. dat. et inf., order one to do, D. 42.7, etc.: c. acc. rei, στρατιὰν ἐς τοὺς ξυμμάχους ἐ. send them orders to furnish their contingents, Th. 7.17; κατὰ πόλεις τεσσαράκοντα νεῶν πλῆθος ἐ. Id. 3.16: abs., βοηθεῖν.. καθ' ὅ τι ἂν -ωσιν αἱ πόλεις Foed. ap. Th. 5.47: — Med., ἐπαγγέλλεσθαί τινι ἑτοιμάζειν στρατιήν Hdt. 7.1, cf. 4.200; ἐ. τινί E. HF 1185 (lyr.); ἐ. τισί ὅκως ἂν ἀπέλθοιεν Hdt. 5.98: — Pass., τὸ ἐπαγγελλόμενον Id. 2.55.

3. as law-term, prop. δοκιμασίαν ἐ. denounce and summon to a δοκιμασία τῶν ῥητόρων one who, having incurred ἀτιμία, yet takes part in public affairs (v. ἐπαγγελία 2), ἐπήγγειλα αὐτῷ τὴν δοκιμασίαν ταυτηνί Aeschin. 1.2, cf. ib.32; πρὸς τοὺς θεσμοθέτας D. 22.23 (but ἐπηγγέλθη αὐτοῖς ὅτι ἐπεξίοιμι is f.l.for ἀπ -in Antipho 1.11).

4. promise, offer, ξείνοις δεῖπνα Pi. P. 4.31; θεοῖς εὐχάς A. Ch. 213: — more freq. in Med., promise unasked (opp. ὑπισχνέομαι) or offer of one's free will, ἐ. τι ἐς τὴν δωρεὴν τοῖσι ἀδελφεοῖσι Hdt. 3.135; ἐ. καταγωγὴν καὶ ξείνιά τινι Id. 6.35; παίδων.. ἐ. γονάς E. Med. 721; ἁπηγγελλόμην what I was proposing, S. El. 1018, cf. D. 4.15; ἐ. τάδε, ὡς.. Hdt. 6.9: c. inf., promise or offer, ξυμπολεμεῖν Th. 6.88; διαθήκας ἀποφαίνειν (-φανεῖν Dobree) Isaiah 1:15; ἐ. τῇ βουλῇ μηνύσειν And. 1.15; τισὶν τριήρεις ἔχων ἐκπλεύσεσθαι Lys. 28.4, cf. D. 18.132, etc.; τινὶ ὥστε βοηθεῖν Th. 8.86; ἐ. ὅ τι χρὴ δρᾶν offering (to do) what in justice he ought to do, Pl. Lg. 915a.

5. Med., profess, make profession of, c. acc., ἀρετήν X. Mem. 1.2.7; θεοσέβειαν 1 Timothy 2:10; esp. of Sophists, as in Pl. Euthd. 273e; τί ἐστιν ὃ ἐ. τε καὶ διδάσκει Id. Grg. 447c; τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ ἐπάγγελμα ὃ ἐπαγγέλλομαι Id. Prt. 319a; ἐπαγγελλόμενος πάντα.. οὐδὲν ἐπιτελεῖ Arist. EN 1164a5; [γνῶσιν ] 1 Timothy 6:21 : c. inf., ἐ. ἀποκρίνεσθαι ὅ τι ἄν τίς σε ἐρωτᾷ Pl. Grg. 447d; ἐ. οἷός τε εἶναι ποιῆσαί τι Id. La. 186c, Thg. 127e; ταῦτα ἐπαγγέλλεται δεινὸς εἶναι D. 35.41; οἱ σοφισταὶ ἐ. διδάσκειν τινά Arist. EN 1180b35; παιδεύειν D. 35.41; and abs., profess an art, Pl. R. 518b, Arist. SE 172a32.

6. demand, require, cj. in D.H. 5.65: — Med., D. 19.193; but, ask a favour, ib. 41.

Thayer's Expanded Definition

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, Galatians 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, Hebrews 10:23; Hebrews 11:11; ἐπήγγελται, he hath promised, followed by λέγων, Hebrews 12:26; τίνι, to give a promise to one, Hebrews 6:13; τί, Romans 4:21; Titus 1:2; τίνι τί, James 1:12; James 2:5; 2 Peter 2:19; ἐπαγγελίαν, to give a promise, 1 John 2:25 (Esther 4:7; (cf. Winers Grammar, 225 (211); Buttmann, 148 (129))); followed by the infinitive (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 44, 7 c.): Mark 14:11; Acts 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, 1 Timothy 2:10; γνῶσιν, . (Compare: προεπαγγέλλω.)

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament

ἐπ -αγγέλλω ,

[in LXX: Ezra 4:8 (H559), Proverbs 13:12, Wisdom of Solomon 2:13, al.;]

1. to announce, proclaim.

2. (a) to promise;

(b) to profess. Mid., also freq. in both these senses;

(c) to promise: c. dab. pers., Hebrews 6:13; c. acc rei, Romans 4:21, Titus 1:2; c. dat pers. et acc rei, James 1:12; James 2:5, 2 Peter 2:19; ἐπαγγελίαν , 1 John 2:25; c. inf., Mark 14:11, Acts 7:5; seq. λέγων , Hebrews 12:26; ptcp., Hebrews 10:23; Hebrews 11:11;

(d) to profess: θεοσέβειαν , 1 Timothy 2:10; γνῶσιν , 1 Timothy 6:21. Pass., Galatians 3:19 (cf. προ -επαγγέλλω ; and v. Cremer, 26).†

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament.
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Vocabulary of the Greek NT

ἐπαγγέλλομαι = ";promise,"; as in Hebrews 10:23; Hebrews 11:11, may be illustrated by P Petr I. 29.12 (iii/B.C.) (= Witkowski.2, p. 31) ἐχρησάμην δὲ καὶ παρὰ Δύνεως ἀρτάβας δ ̄ κριθοπύρων αὐτοῦ ἐπαγγελομένου καὶ φιλοτίμου ὄντος, P Tebt II. 411.9 (ii/A.D.) εἰ μὴ ἐπηγγειλάμην σήμερόν σε παρέσασθαι, ";had I not promised that you would be present to-day,"; P Oxy I. 71i. 8 (A.D. 303) ἅπερ διὰ τῶν αὐτῶν γραμματίων ἐπηγγίλατο ἀποδώσειν ἄνευ δίκης κτλ. Ramsay (Exp VII. viii. p. 19) draws attention to the use of the verb in 1 Timothy 6:21 where it is applied to ";volunteers, who set up as teachers with the intention to make a business and a means of livelihood out of the Word of God,"; and notes its application ";to candidates for municipal favours and votes in the Greek cities, who publicly announced what they intended to do for the general benefit, if they gained popular support";—cf. Cagnat IV. 766 (Mossyna in Phrygia—A.D. 80–100) (= C. and B. i. p. 146) τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ οἱ ἐπανγειλάμενοι καθὼς ὑπογέγραπται —the names of the promisers being appended. The verb is also a kind of term. tech. in the inscrr. for the announcement of public sacrifices, e. g. Syll 258.39 (iii/B.C.) τοῖς ἐπαγγέλλοσι τὰν θυσίαν καὶ ἐκεχηρίαν τᾶς Ἀρτέμιδος : cf. 1 Timothy 2:10 and Philo de Human. 1 (= II. p. 384 ed. Mangey) ἐπαγγέλλεται θεοῦ θεραπείαν.

List of Word Forms

επαγγειλαμενον επαγγειλάμενον ἐπαγγειλάμενον επαγγειλαμενος επαγγειλάμενος ἐπαγγειλάμενος επαγγελλομεναις επαγγελλομέναις ἐπαγγελλομέναις επαγγελλομενοι επαγγελλόμενοι ἐπαγγελλόμενοι επαγγελλομένου επηγγειλαντο επηγγείλαντο ἐπηγγείλαντο επηγγειλατο επηγγείλατο ἐπηγγείλατο επηγγελται επήγγελται ἐπήγγελται epangeilamenon epangeilámenon epangeilamenos epangeilámenos epangellomenais epangelloménais epangellomenoi epangellómenoi epengeilanto epengeílanto epēngeilanto epēngeílanto epengeilato epengeílato epēngeilato epēngeílato epengeltai epēngeltai epḗngeltai