Strong G1860ἐπαγγελία
promise
- Transliteration
- epaggelia
- Pronunciation
- ep-ang-el-ee'-ah
- Morphology
- Greek Noun (Feminine)
Definition
From G1861; an announcement (for information assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good): - message promise.
Detailed definition
ἐπ-αγγελία, -ας, ἡ
(ἐπαγγέλλω), [in LXX: Psa.56:8 (סֵפֶר), etc.;]
1. a summons (as Attic law-term, Dem., al.).
2. a promise (Dem., Arist., al.): Act.23:21; esp. in NT of the divine promises, Act.7:17, Rom.4:14, 16 Rom.9:4, Gal.3:17-18, 21 4:23, Heb.8:6 11:9, 17, 2Pe.3:9; with inf., Heb.4:1; γίνεται, etc., with dative of person(s), Act.2:39, Rom.4:13, Gal.3:16; before πρός, Act.13:32 26:6; έπαγγέλεσθαι τὴν ἐ., 1Jn.2:25; ἔχειν ἐπαγγελίας, Heb.7:6, 2Co.7:1; εἷναι νἐ έπαγγελίᾳ, Eph.6:2; ἡ γῆ τῆς ἐ., Heb.11:9; τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐ., Rom.9:8, Gal.4:28; τ. πνεῦμα τῆς ἐ. τ. ἅγιον, Eph.1:13; αἱ διαθῆκαι τῆς ἐ., Eph.2:12; ἡ ἐ. τ. θεοῦ, Rom.4:20; pl., 2Co.1:20; αἱ ἐ. τ. πατέρων, Rom.15:8; with genitive obj., τ. ζωῆς (see Dalman, Words, 103), 1Ti.4:8; τ. παρουσίας αὐτοῦ, 2Pe.3:4; κατ ̓ ἐπαγγελίαν, Act.13:23, Gal.3:29, 2Ti.1:1; δι ̓ ἐπαγγελίας, Gal.3:18; συμμέτοχα τῆς ἐ., Eph.3:6; λόγος ἐπαγγελίας, Rom.9:9. By meton. (cf. ἐλπίς), of a promised blessing: Luk.24:49, Act.1:14, Gal.3:22, Heb.6:12-17 10:36 11:13, 33 11:39; with genitive epexeg., Act.2:33 Gal.3:14, Heb.9:15 (Cremer, 27).†
(AS)
(ἐπαγγέλλω), [in LXX: Psa.56:8 (סֵפֶר), etc.;]
1. a summons (as Attic law-term, Dem., al.).
2. a promise (Dem., Arist., al.): Act.23:21; esp. in NT of the divine promises, Act.7:17, Rom.4:14, 16 Rom.9:4, Gal.3:17-18, 21 4:23, Heb.8:6 11:9, 17, 2Pe.3:9; with inf., Heb.4:1; γίνεται, etc., with dative of person(s), Act.2:39, Rom.4:13, Gal.3:16; before πρός, Act.13:32 26:6; έπαγγέλεσθαι τὴν ἐ., 1Jn.2:25; ἔχειν ἐπαγγελίας, Heb.7:6, 2Co.7:1; εἷναι νἐ έπαγγελίᾳ, Eph.6:2; ἡ γῆ τῆς ἐ., Heb.11:9; τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐ., Rom.9:8, Gal.4:28; τ. πνεῦμα τῆς ἐ. τ. ἅγιον, Eph.1:13; αἱ διαθῆκαι τῆς ἐ., Eph.2:12; ἡ ἐ. τ. θεοῦ, Rom.4:20; pl., 2Co.1:20; αἱ ἐ. τ. πατέρων, Rom.15:8; with genitive obj., τ. ζωῆς (see Dalman, Words, 103), 1Ti.4:8; τ. παρουσίας αὐτοῦ, 2Pe.3:4; κατ ̓ ἐπαγγελίαν, Act.13:23, Gal.3:29, 2Ti.1:1; δι ̓ ἐπαγγελίας, Gal.3:18; συμμέτοχα τῆς ἐ., Eph.3:6; λόγος ἐπαγγελίας, Rom.9:9. By meton. (cf. ἐλπίς), of a promised blessing: Luk.24:49, Act.1:14, Gal.3:22, Heb.6:12-17 10:36 11:13, 33 11:39; with genitive epexeg., Act.2:33 Gal.3:14, Heb.9:15 (Cremer, 27).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1860 appears in 50 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- promise50
- of1
First verses
- Luke 24:49And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
- Acts 1:4And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
- Acts 2:33Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
- Acts 2:39For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
- Acts 7:17But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
- Acts 13:23Of this man’s seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
- Acts 13:32And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
- Acts 23:21But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
- Acts 26:6And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
- Romans 4:13For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
- Romans 4:14For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
- Romans 4:16Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
- Romans 4:20He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
- Romans 9:4Who are Israelites; to whom pertaineth the adoption, and the glory, and the covenants, and the giving of the law, and the service of God, and the promises;
- Romans 9:8That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
- Romans 9:9For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
- Romans 15:8Now I say that Jesus Christ was a minister of the circumcision for the truth of God, to confirm the promises made unto the fathers:
- 2 Corinthians 1:20For all the promises of God in him are yea, and in him Amen, unto the glory of God by us.
- 2 Corinthians 7:1Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.
- Galatians 3:14That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
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Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπαγγ-ελία, ἡ,
command, summons, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.38.2.)]
b announcement, notice, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 22.1235.7 (3rd c.BC))]; τοῦ ἀγῶνος [LXX (“SIG” 561.9 (from Chalcis), probably in LXX.1Mac.10.15)]; variant in [NT (NT.1John.1.5.)]
2 as law-term, ἐ. (i.e. δοκιμασίας) summons to attend a δοκιμασία τῶν ῥητόρων (see. ἐπαγγέλλω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3), ἐ. τινὶ ἐπαγγέλλειν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.64, compare 81; πρὸς τοὺς θεσμοθέτας ἔσθ᾽ ἡμῖν ἐ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.29)]: generally, notification, summons, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Sammelb. 4434 (2nd c.AD).)]
3 offer, promise, profession, undertaking, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.14; τὰς ὑπερβολὰς τῶν ἐ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1164a29, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1251.20; ἐπαγγελίας ποιεῖσθαί τινι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.72.6)]; ἐν ἐν ἐπαγγελίᾳ καταλιπών having left it as a promise, [Refs ([prev. author] 18.28.1)]; τὴν ἐ. ἐπὶ τέλος ἀγαγεῖν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. passage],compare “SIG” 577.11 (Milet., 3rd-2nd c.BC))]; ὤμων ἐπαγγελίᾳ the promise of his shoulders, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.4)]; ἐξ ἐ., ={ἐπαγγειλάμενος}, [Refs (“BCH” 11.12 (from Lagina))]; ἐ. ποιησάμενος ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων [Refs (“Michel” 473.10 (from Mylasa))]; ἐβεβαίωσεν τὴν ἐ. [Refs (“Inscription Prien.” 123.9, compare “GDI” 3624a34 (from Cos).)]
4 indication, τοῦ ἐσομένου [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 205.13.)]
5 plural, canvassing, = Latin ambitus, probably falsa lectio for{παρ-}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.276d.)]
6 ={ἐπάγγελμα} 2, subject of a treatise, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “Libr.Propr.Prooem.”)]
7 the curative property claimed for prescriptions or drugs, ταῖς τῶν φαρμάκων ἐ. their advertised properties, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 10.5.1, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.504, +others)]; ἐ. ἐπιτηδεύματος public exercise of a profession, Men.Prot.p.1D.
command, summons, [Refs 2nd c.BC+ (2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 9.38.2.)]
b announcement, notice, [Refs 3rd c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae 22.1235.7 (3rd c.BC))]; τοῦ ἀγῶνος [LXX (“SIG” 561.9 (from Chalcis), probably in LXX.1Mac.10.15)]; variant in [NT (NT.1John.1.5.)]
2 as law-term, ἐ. (i.e. δοκιμασίας) summons to attend a δοκιμασία τῶν ῥητόρων (see. ἐπαγγέλλω [Refs 4th c.BC+ (3), ἐ. τινὶ ἐπαγγέλλειν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.64, compare 81; πρὸς τοὺς θεσμοθέτας ἔσθ᾽ ἡμῖν ἐ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.29)]: generally, notification, summons, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (Sammelb. 4434 (2nd c.AD).)]
3 offer, promise, profession, undertaking, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 21.14; τὰς ὑπερβολὰς τῶν ἐ. 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1164a29, compare 1st c.BC: Philodemus Gadarensis Epigrammaticus “Herc.” 1251.20; ἐπαγγελίας ποιεῖσθαί τινι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.72.6)]; ἐν ἐν ἐπαγγελίᾳ καταλιπών having left it as a promise, [Refs ([prev. author] 18.28.1)]; τὴν ἐ. ἐπὶ τέλος ἀγαγεῖν [Refs 3rd c.BC+ ([prev. passage],compare “SIG” 577.11 (Milet., 3rd-2nd c.BC))]; ὤμων ἐπαγγελίᾳ the promise of his shoulders, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Philostrati majoris imagines” 1.4)]; ἐξ ἐ., ={ἐπαγγειλάμενος}, [Refs (“BCH” 11.12 (from Lagina))]; ἐ. ποιησάμενος ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων [Refs (“Michel” 473.10 (from Mylasa))]; ἐβεβαίωσεν τὴν ἐ. [Refs (“Inscription Prien.” 123.9, compare “GDI” 3624a34 (from Cos).)]
4 indication, τοῦ ἐσομένου [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Apollonius Dyscolus Grammaticus “de Syntaxi;” 205.13.)]
5 plural, canvassing, = Latin ambitus, probably falsa lectio for{παρ-}, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.276d.)]
6 ={ἐπάγγελμα} 2, subject of a treatise, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus “Libr.Propr.Prooem.”)]
7 the curative property claimed for prescriptions or drugs, ταῖς τῶν φαρμάκων ἐ. their advertised properties, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st c.AD: Herodotus Medicus cited in 4th c.AD: Oribasius Medicus 10.5.1, compare 2nd c.AD: Galenus Medicus 13.504, +others)]; ἐ. ἐπιτηδεύματος public exercise of a profession, Men.Prot.p.1D.