Strong G1861ἐπαγγέλλω
to profess
- Transliteration
- epaggellō
- Pronunciation
- ep-ang-el'-lo
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Detailed definition
ἐπ-αγγέλλω
[in LXX: Est.4:8 (אָמַר), Pro.13:12, Wis.2:13, al.;]
1. to announce, proclaim.
2. (a) to promise;
__(b) to profess. Mid., also frequently in both these senses;
__(with) to promise: with dab. of person(s), Heb.6:13; with accusative of thing(s), Rom.4:21, Tit.1:2; with dative of person(s) and accusative of thing(s), Jas.1:12 2:5, 2Pe.2:19; ἐπαγγελίαν, 1Jn.2:25; with inf., Mrk.14:11, Act.7:5; before λέγων, Heb.12:26; ptcp., Heb.10:23 11:11;
__(d) to profess: θεοσέβειαν, 1Ti.2:10; γνῶσιν, 1Ti.6:21. Pass., Gal.3:19 (cf. προ-επαγγέλλω; and see Cremer, 26).†
(AS)
[in LXX: Est.4:8 (אָמַר), Pro.13:12, Wis.2:13, al.;]
1. to announce, proclaim.
2. (a) to promise;
__(b) to profess. Mid., also frequently in both these senses;
__(with) to promise: with dab. of person(s), Heb.6:13; with accusative of thing(s), Rom.4:21, Tit.1:2; with dative of person(s) and accusative of thing(s), Jas.1:12 2:5, 2Pe.2:19; ἐπαγγελίαν, 1Jn.2:25; with inf., Mrk.14:11, Act.7:5; before λέγων, Heb.12:26; ptcp., Heb.10:23 11:11;
__(d) to profess: θεοσέβειαν, 1Ti.2:10; γνῶσιν, 1Ti.6:21. Pass., Gal.3:19 (cf. προ-επαγγέλλω; and see Cremer, 26).†
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G1861 appears in 15 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- promise12
- profess2
- he1
- him1
- made1
- when1
First verses
- Mark 14:11And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
- Acts 7:5And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as 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 as yet he had no child.
- Romans 4:21And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
- Galatians 3:19Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
- 1 Timothy 2:10But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
- 1 Timothy 6:21Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen. The first to Timothy was written from Laodicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia Pacatiana.
- Titus 1:2In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
- Hebrews 6:13For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
- Hebrews 10:23Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
- Hebrews 11:11Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
- Hebrews 12:26Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
- James 1:12Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
- James 2:5Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
- 2 Peter 2:19While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
- 1 John 2:25And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
ἐπαγγ-έλλω,
aorist passive -ηγγέλθην[Refs (“IG” 12.188.25, -ηγγέλην [prev. work] 12.76.19)]—tell, proclaim, announce, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.775, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1049 (Lyric poetry); τινὶ ὡς.. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.36; τῷ δήμῳ ὑπέρ τινος ὅτι.. “Inscription Prien.” 5.17 (4th c.BC))]; especially proclaim by authority, notify publicly, ἐ. [τὴν ἐκεχειρίαν] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.49; ἐ. πόλεμον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 702d)]:— passive, to be proclaimed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae [prev. cited], etc.; μὴ ἐπηγγέλαι πω τὰς σπονδάς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.49, compare 8.10)]; βουλῆς -θείσης a meeting having been summoned, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 56.29)]:—middle, cause proclamation to be made, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.ζ.)]
2 give orders, command, absolutely, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.70)]: c.accusative et infinitive, give orders that.., ἐπαγγείλας τοὺς Αακεδαιμονίους παρεῖναι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 77, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.56)]: with dative et infinitive, order one to do, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.7, etc.:)] with accusative _of things_, στρατιὰν ἐς τοὺς ξυμμάχους ἐ. send them orders to furnish their contingents, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.17; κατὰ πόλεις τεσσαράκοντα νεῶν πλῆθος ἐ. [prev. author] 3.16: _absolutely_, βοηθεῖν.. καθ᾽ ὅ τι ἂν -ωσιν αἱ πόλεις Foed. cited in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.47)]:—middle, ἐπαγγέλλεσθαί τινι ἑτοιμάζειν στρατιήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.1, compare 4.200; ἐ. τινί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1185 (Lyric poetry); ἐ. τισί ὅκως ἂν ἀπέλθοιεν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.98)]:—passive, τὸ ἐπαγγελλόμενον [Refs ([prev. author] 2.55.)]
3 as law-term, properly δοκιμασίαν ἐ. denounce and summon to a δοκιμασία τῶν ῥητόρων one who, having incurred ἀτιμία, yet takes part in public affairs (see. ἐπαγγελία [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2), ἐπήγγειλα αὐτῷ τὴν δοκιμασίαν ταυτηνί 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.2, compare [prev. work]32; πρὸς τοὺς θεσμοθέτας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.23 (but ἐπηγγέλθη αὐτοῖς ὅτι ἐπεξίοιμι is _falsa lectio_ for{ἀπ}-in 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.11).)]
4 promise, offer, ξείνοις δεῖπνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.31; θεοῖς εὐχάς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 213)]:—more frequently in middle, promise unasked (opposed to ὑπισχνέομαι) or offer of one's free will, ἐ. τι ἐς τὴν δωρεὴν τοῖσι ἀδελφεοῖσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.135; ἐ. καταγωγὴν καὶ ξείνιά τινι [prev. author] 6.35; παίδων.. ἐ. γονάς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 721)]; ἁπηγγελλόμην what I was proposing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1018, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.15; ἐ. τάδε, ὡς.. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.9)]: with infinitive, promise or offer, ξυμπολεμεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.88)]; διαθήκας ἀποφαίνειν (-φανεῖν Dobree) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 1.15; ἐ. τῇ βουλῇ μηνύσειν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.15; τισὶν τριήρεις ἔχων ἐκπλεύσεσθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 28.4, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.132, etc.; τινὶ ὥστε βοηθεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.86)]; ἐ. ὅ τι χρὴ δρᾶν offering (to do) what in justice he ought to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 915a.)]
5 middle, profess, make profession of, with accusative, ἀρετήν [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.7; θεοσέβειαν NT.1Tim.2.10)]; especially of Sophists, as in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 273e; τί ἐστιν ὃ ἐ. τε καὶ διδάσκει [prev. author] “Grg.” 447c; τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ ἐπάγγελμα ὃ ἐπαγγέλλομαι [prev. author] “Prt.” 319a; ἐπαγγελλόμενος πάντα.. οὐδὲν ἐπιτελεῖ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1164a5)]; [γνῶσιν] [NT (NT.1Tim.6.21)]: with infinitive, ἐ. ἀποκρίνεσθαι ὅ τι ἄν τίς σε ἐρωτᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 447d; ἐ. οἷός τε εἶναι ποιῆσαί τι [prev. author] “La.” 186c, “Thg.” 127e; ταῦτα ἐπαγγέλλεται δεινὸς εἶναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.41; οἱ σοφισταὶ ἐ. διδάσκειν τινά 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1180b35; παιδεύειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.41)]; and absolutely, profess an art, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 518b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 172a32.)]
6 demand, require, conjecture in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.65)]:—middle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.193)]; but, ask a favour, [Refs ([prev. work] 41.)]
aorist passive -ηγγέλθην[Refs (“IG” 12.188.25, -ηγγέλην [prev. work] 12.76.19)]—tell, proclaim, announce, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 4.775, 5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Lysistrata” 1049 (Lyric poetry); τινὶ ὡς.. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.36; τῷ δήμῳ ὑπέρ τινος ὅτι.. “Inscription Prien.” 5.17 (4th c.BC))]; especially proclaim by authority, notify publicly, ἐ. [τὴν ἐκεχειρίαν] [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.49; ἐ. πόλεμον 5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 702d)]:— passive, to be proclaimed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (Inscriptiones Graecae [prev. cited], etc.; μὴ ἐπηγγέλαι πω τὰς σπονδάς 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.49, compare 8.10)]; βουλῆς -θείσης a meeting having been summoned, [Refs 2nd c.AD+ (2nd-3rd c.AD: Dio Cassius Historicus 56.29)]:—middle, cause proclamation to be made, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.121.ζ.)]
2 give orders, command, absolutely, [Refs ([prev. author] 1.70)]: c.accusative et infinitive, give orders that.., ἐπαγγείλας τοὺς Αακεδαιμονίους παρεῖναι[Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. work] 77, compare 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.56)]: with dative et infinitive, order one to do, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 42.7, etc.:)] with accusative _of things_, στρατιὰν ἐς τοὺς ξυμμάχους ἐ. send them orders to furnish their contingents, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 7.17; κατὰ πόλεις τεσσαράκοντα νεῶν πλῆθος ἐ. [prev. author] 3.16: _absolutely_, βοηθεῖν.. καθ᾽ ὅ τι ἂν -ωσιν αἱ πόλεις Foed. cited in 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 5.47)]:—middle, ἐπαγγέλλεσθαί τινι ἑτοιμάζειν στρατιήν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 7.1, compare 4.200; ἐ. τινί 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hercules Furens” 1185 (Lyric poetry); ἐ. τισί ὅκως ἂν ἀπέλθοιεν 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 5.98)]:—passive, τὸ ἐπαγγελλόμενον [Refs ([prev. author] 2.55.)]
3 as law-term, properly δοκιμασίαν ἐ. denounce and summon to a δοκιμασία τῶν ῥητόρων one who, having incurred ἀτιμία, yet takes part in public affairs (see. ἐπαγγελία [Refs 5th c.BC+ (2), ἐπήγγειλα αὐτῷ τὴν δοκιμασίαν ταυτηνί 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.2, compare [prev. work]32; πρὸς τοὺς θεσμοθέτας 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.23 (but ἐπηγγέλθη αὐτοῖς ὅτι ἐπεξίοιμι is _falsa lectio_ for{ἀπ}-in 5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 1.11).)]
4 promise, offer, ξείνοις δεῖπνα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.31; θεοῖς εὐχάς 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 213)]:—more frequently in middle, promise unasked (opposed to ὑπισχνέομαι) or offer of one's free will, ἐ. τι ἐς τὴν δωρεὴν τοῖσι ἀδελφεοῖσι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 3.135; ἐ. καταγωγὴν καὶ ξείνιά τινι [prev. author] 6.35; παίδων.. ἐ. γονάς 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Medea” 721)]; ἁπηγγελλόμην what I was proposing, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1018, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 4.15; ἐ. τάδε, ὡς.. 5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.9)]: with infinitive, promise or offer, ξυμπολεμεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 6.88)]; διαθήκας ἀποφαίνειν (-φανεῖν Dobree) [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Isaeus Orator 1.15; ἐ. τῇ βουλῇ μηνύσειν 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.15; τισὶν τριήρεις ἔχων ἐκπλεύσεσθαι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 28.4, compare 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 18.132, etc.; τινὶ ὥστε βοηθεῖν 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 8.86)]; ἐ. ὅ τι χρὴ δρᾶν offering (to do) what in justice he ought to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Leges” 915a.)]
5 middle, profess, make profession of, with accusative, ἀρετήν [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Memorabilia” 1.2.7; θεοσέβειαν NT.1Tim.2.10)]; especially of Sophists, as in [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Euthydemus” 273e; τί ἐστιν ὃ ἐ. τε καὶ διδάσκει [prev. author] “Grg.” 447c; τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ ἐπάγγελμα ὃ ἐπαγγέλλομαι [prev. author] “Prt.” 319a; ἐπαγγελλόμενος πάντα.. οὐδὲν ἐπιτελεῖ 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1164a5)]; [γνῶσιν] [NT (NT.1Tim.6.21)]: with infinitive, ἐ. ἀποκρίνεσθαι ὅ τι ἄν τίς σε ἐρωτᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Gorgias” 447d; ἐ. οἷός τε εἶναι ποιῆσαί τι [prev. author] “La.” 186c, “Thg.” 127e; ταῦτα ἐπαγγέλλεται δεινὸς εἶναι 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.41; οἱ σοφισταὶ ἐ. διδάσκειν τινά 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Ethica Nicomachea” 1180b35; παιδεύειν 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 35.41)]; and absolutely, profess an art, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Plato Philosophus “Respublica” 518b, 4th c.BC: Aristoteles Philosophus “Sophistici Elenchi” 172a32.)]
6 demand, require, conjecture in [Refs 1st c.BC+ (1st c.BC: Dionysius Halicarnassensis 5.65)]:—middle, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.193)]; but, ask a favour, [Refs ([prev. work] 41.)]