Strong G2784κηρύσσω
to preach
- Transliteration
- kērussō
- Pronunciation
- kay-roos'-so
- Morphology
- Greek Verb
Definition
Of uncertain affinity; to herald (as a public crier) especially divine truth (the gospel): - preach (-er) proclaim publish.
Detailed definition
κηρύσσω
[in LXX chiefly for קָרָא;]
to be a herald, to proclaim: Mrk.1:45 7:36, Luk.4:18-19" (LXX) (but see Field, Notes, 174) Luk.8:39, Rom.2:21, 1Co.9:27, Gal.5:11, al.; in NT, chiefly of the proclamation of the Gospel, to proclaim, preach: τὸ εὐαγέλιον, Mat.4:23 9:35 24:14 26:13, Mrk.1:14 13:10 14:9 16:15, Gal.2:2, Col.1:23, 1Th.2:9; before εἰς, Mrk.1:39 13:10, Luk.4:44, 1Th.2:9; ἵνα, Mrk.6:12; with inf.. Rom.2:21; κ. Χριστόν, Ἰησοῦν, Act.8:5 9:20 19:13, 1Co.1:23 15:12, 2Co.1:19 11:4, Php.1:15; 1Ti.3:16 (cf. προ-κηρύσσω)
(AS)
[in LXX chiefly for קָרָא;]
to be a herald, to proclaim: Mrk.1:45 7:36, Luk.4:18-19" (LXX) (but see Field, Notes, 174) Luk.8:39, Rom.2:21, 1Co.9:27, Gal.5:11, al.; in NT, chiefly of the proclamation of the Gospel, to proclaim, preach: τὸ εὐαγέλιον, Mat.4:23 9:35 24:14 26:13, Mrk.1:14 13:10 14:9 16:15, Gal.2:2, Col.1:23, 1Th.2:9; before εἰς, Mrk.1:39 13:10, Luk.4:44, 1Th.2:9; ἵνα, Mrk.6:12; with inf.. Rom.2:21; κ. Χριστόν, Ἰησοῦν, Act.8:5 9:20 19:13, 1Co.1:23 15:12, 2Co.1:19 11:4, Php.1:15; 1Ti.3:16 (cf. προ-κηρύσσω)
(AS)
In the Bible
Strong G2784 appears in 60 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- preach47
- publish5
- preacheth2
- preaching2
- proclaim2
- have1
- i1
- preached1
- preacher1
- thou1
First verses
- Matthew 3:1In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judea,
- Matthew 4:17From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
- Matthew 4:23And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
- Matthew 9:35And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
- Matthew 10:7And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
- Matthew 10:27What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
- Matthew 11:1And it came to pass, when Jesus had made an end of commanding his twelve disciples, he departed thence to teach and to preach in their cities.
- Matthew 24:14And this gospel of the kingdom shall be preached in all the world for a witness unto all nations; and then shall the end come.
- Matthew 26:13Verily I say unto you, Wheresoever this gospel shall be preached in the whole world, there shall also this, that this woman hath done, be told for a memorial of her.
- Mark 1:4John did baptize in the wilderness, and preach the baptism of repentance for the remission of sins.
- Mark 1:7And preached, saying, There cometh one mightier than I after me, the latchet of whose shoes I am not worthy to stoop down and unloose.
- Mark 1:14Now after that John was put in prison, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the gospel of the kingdom of God,
- Mark 1:38And he said unto them, Let us go into the next towns, that I may preach there also: for therefore came I forth.
- Mark 1:39And he preached in their synagogues throughout all Galilee, and cast out devils.
- Mark 1:45But he went out, and began to publish it much, and to blaze abroad the matter, insomuch that Jesus could no more openly enter into the city, but was without in desert places: and they came to him from every quarter.
- Mark 3:14And he ordained twelve, that they should be with him, and that he might send them forth to preach,
- Mark 5:20And he departed, and began to publish in Decapolis how great things Jesus had done for him: and all men did marvel.
- Mark 6:12And they went out, and preached that men should repent.
- Mark 7:36And he charged them that they should tell no man: but the more he charged them, so much the more a great deal they published it;
- Mark 13:10And the gospel must first be published among all nations.
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Related words
Detailed Greek dictionary
κηρύσσω,
Attic dialect κηρύττω, Doric dialect κᾱρύσσω: imperfect ἐκήρυσσον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.444, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.27, -υττον 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.112)]: future -ύξω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 684)], Doric dialect καρυξῶ [Refs ([prev. author] “Ach.” 748)]: aorist ἐκήρυξα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.194 (ἀπο-))], etc., Aeolic dialect participle καρύξαισα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4 (3). 25:)]perfect κεκήρῡχα (ἐπι-) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.35)]:—passive, future κηρυχθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.4.4, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.230, κηρύξομαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1631)]: aorist ἐκηρύχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 737, etc.)]: perfect κεκήρυγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.38)]:—to be a herald, officiate as herald, κηρύσσων γήρασκε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.325.)]
b to be an auctioneer, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 44.4.)]
2 make proclamation as a herald, λαὸν κηρύσσοντες ἀγειρόντων let them convene the people by voice of herald, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.438, compare 444, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.8; κήρυσσε, κῆρυξ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 566, etc.: _impersonal_, ἐκήρυξε (i.e. ὁ κῆρυξ) τοῖς Ἕλλησι συσκευάζεσθαι)] proclamation was made.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.36; κηρυξάτω [prev. author] “Cyr.” 4.5.42.)]
II with accusative person, summon by herald, κ. ἀγορήνδε.. Ἀχαιούς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.51, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.7; πόλεμόνδε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.443)]; κ. τινά summon one to a place, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 748:)] —passive, τίς ἐκηρύχθη πρώτην φυλακή; who was summoned to the first watch? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 538 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II.2 proclaim as conqueror, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.185a; Φαβωρῖνον ἡ εὐγλωττία ἐν σοφισταῖς ἐκήρυττεν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.8.1)]:—passive, μήτε κηρυχθήσεσθαι μήτε ἆθλα λήψεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.4.4; ὥστε τὴν πόλιν κηρυχθῆναι καὶ αὐτὸν στεφανωθῆναι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.63)]; proclaim as a criminal, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.56, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 606; κηρύσσω τὸν Ἔρωτα “Anthologia Graeca” 5.176 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus))]:—passive, of a country, to be proclaimed, extolled, στεφάνοις ἀρετᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 223 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.3 call upon, invoke, θεούς [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Hec.” 146 (_anapaest meter_); κηρύξας δαίμονας κλύειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 124a)]:—passive, to be called, τοῦ κεκήρυξαι πατρό; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1; κηρυσσομένοισι.. ἀπ᾽ ἐσθλῶν δωμάτων [prev. author] “Andr.” 772 (Lyric poetry).)]
III with accusative of things, proclaim, announce, τινί τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1349, “Ch.” 4, 1026; αὐδάν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 911 (Lyric poetry); ἀγῶνας Ἀργείοισι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1240)]; proclaim or advertise for sale, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.121 (_passive_), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.207a, etc.)]; κ. ἀποικίαν proclaim a colony, i.e. invite people to join as colonists, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.27)]; κ. ὃς βούλοιτο.. make proclamation for some one who would.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.134)]:— passive, of a crime, to be proclaimed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.3.2; τὰ κεκηρυγμένα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.38.)]
III.2 declare, tell, τοῦτ᾽ ἐκηρύχθη πόλει this news was spread in.., [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OT” [same place]; τοῦτο κ. πόθι παῖς ναίει [prev. author] “Tr.” 97 (Lyric poetry); ὃ εἰς τὸ οὖς ἀκούετε, κηρύξατε ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων NT.Matt.10.27: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1105.)]
III.3 proclaim, command publicly, τινί τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1048, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 32, 450, etc.)]; εὐφημίαν, σιγὴν κ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 893, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 530)]: with dative person et infinitive, κ. αὐτοῖς ἐμβαλεῖν κώπαισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.200; ἐκήρυξαν, εἰ βούλονται, τὰ ὅπλα παραδοῦναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.37:)] —passive, ᾔδησθα κηρυχθέντα μὴ πράσσειν τάδε[Refs 5th c.BC+ (; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 447.)]
III.4 of a cock, crow, [Refs (Anthologia Graeca 5.2 (Antip. Thess.).)]
IV preach, teach publicly, [NT (NT.Matt.3.1, +others)]
Attic dialect κηρύττω, Doric dialect κᾱρύσσω: imperfect ἐκήρυσσον [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.444, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.27, -υττον 5th-6th c.BC: Andocides Orator 1.112)]: future -ύξω [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Ecclesiazusae” 684)], Doric dialect καρυξῶ [Refs ([prev. author] “Ach.” 748)]: aorist ἐκήρυξα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 1.194 (ἀπο-))], etc., Aeolic dialect participle καρύξαισα [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “I.” 4 (3). 25:)]perfect κεκήρῡχα (ἐπι-) [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 19.35)]:—passive, future κηρυχθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.4.4, 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 3.230, κηρύξομαι 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Phoenissae” 1631)]: aorist ἐκηρύχθην [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Oedipus Tyrannus” 737, etc.)]: perfect κεκήρυγμαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1, 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.38)]:—to be a herald, officiate as herald, κηρύσσων γήρασκε [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 17.325.)]
b to be an auctioneer, [Refs 4th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 44.4.)]
2 make proclamation as a herald, λαὸν κηρύσσοντες ἀγειρόντων let them convene the people by voice of herald, [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.438, compare 444, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.8; κήρυσσε, κῆρυξ 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Eumenides” 566, etc.: _impersonal_, ἐκήρυξε (i.e. ὁ κῆρυξ) τοῖς Ἕλλησι συσκευάζεσθαι)] proclamation was made.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Anabasis” 3.4.36; κηρυξάτω [prev. author] “Cyr.” 4.5.42.)]
II with accusative person, summon by herald, κ. ἀγορήνδε.. Ἀχαιούς [Refs 8th c.BC+ (8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.51, 8th c.BC: Odyssea Homerus Epicus “Odyssey” 2.7; πόλεμόνδε 8th c.BC: Ilias Homerus Epicus “Illiad” 2.443)]; κ. τινά summon one to a place, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Aristophanes Comicus “Acharnenses” 748:)] —passive, τίς ἐκηρύχθη πρώτην φυλακή; who was summoned to the first watch? [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Rhesus” 538 (_anapaest meter_).)]
II.2 proclaim as conqueror, [Refs 1st c.AD+ (1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.185a; Φαβωρῖνον ἡ εὐγλωττία ἐν σοφισταῖς ἐκήρυττεν 2nd-3rd c.AD: Philostratus Sophista “Vitae Sophistarum” 1.8.1)]:—passive, μήτε κηρυχθήσεσθαι μήτε ἆθλα λήψεσθαι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th-6th c.BC: Xenophon Historicus “Institutio Cyri (Cyropaedia)” 8.4.4; ὥστε τὴν πόλιν κηρυχθῆναι καὶ αὐτὸν στεφανωθῆναι 5th c.BC: Lysias Orator 19.63)]; proclaim as a criminal, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 25.56, compare 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 606; κηρύσσω τὸν Ἔρωτα “Anthologia Graeca” 5.176 (1st c.BC: Meleager Epigrammaticus))]:—passive, of a country, to be proclaimed, extolled, στεφάνοις ἀρετᾶς [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Troades” 223 (Lyric poetry).)]
II.3 call upon, invoke, θεούς [Refs 4th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “Hec.” 146 (_anapaest meter_); κηρύξας δαίμονας κλύειν 4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Choephori” 124a)]:—passive, to be called, τοῦ κεκήρυξαι πατρό; [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Fragmenta” 1; κηρυσσομένοισι.. ἀπ᾽ ἐσθλῶν δωμάτων [prev. author] “Andr.” 772 (Lyric poetry).)]
III with accusative of things, proclaim, announce, τινί τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Agamemnon” 1349, “Ch.” 4, 1026; αὐδάν 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Ion” 911 (Lyric poetry); ἀγῶνας Ἀργείοισι 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Ajax” 1240)]; proclaim or advertise for sale, etc., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 6.121 (_passive_), 1st-2nd c.AD: Plutarchus Biographus et Philosophus 2.207a, etc.)]; κ. ἀποικίαν proclaim a colony, i.e. invite people to join as colonists, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 1.27)]; κ. ὃς βούλοιτο.. make proclamation for some one who would.., [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Herodotus Historicus 2.134)]:— passive, of a crime, to be proclaimed, [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Antipho Orator 2.3.2; τὰ κεκηρυγμένα 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.38.)]
III.2 declare, tell, τοῦτ᾽ ἐκηρύχθη πόλει this news was spread in.., [NT+5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “OT” [same place]; τοῦτο κ. πόθι παῖς ναίει [prev. author] “Tr.” 97 (Lyric poetry); ὃ εἰς τὸ οὖς ἀκούετε, κηρύξατε ἐπὶ τῶν δωμάτων NT.Matt.10.27: _absolutely_, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Electra” 1105.)]
III.3 proclaim, command publicly, τινί τι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (4th-5th c.BC: Aeschylus Tragicus “Septem contra Thebas” 1048, 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 32, 450, etc.)]; εὐφημίαν, σιγὴν κ., [Refs 5th c.BC+ ([prev. author] “fragment” 893, 5th c.BC: Euripides Tragicus “Hecuba” 530)]: with dative person et infinitive, κ. αὐτοῖς ἐμβαλεῖν κώπαισι [Refs 5th c.BC+ (5th c.BC: Pindarus Lyricus “P.” 4.200; ἐκήρυξαν, εἰ βούλονται, τὰ ὅπλα παραδοῦναι 5th c.BC: Thucydides Historicus 4.37:)] —passive, ᾔδησθα κηρυχθέντα μὴ πράσσειν τάδε[Refs 5th c.BC+ (; 5th c.BC: Sophocles Tragicus “Antigone” 447.)]
III.4 of a cock, crow, [Refs (Anthologia Graeca 5.2 (Antip. Thess.).)]
IV preach, teach publicly, [NT (NT.Matt.3.1, +others)]