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Lexicon :: Strong's G1861 - epangellomai

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ἐπαγγέλλομαι
Transliteration
epangellomai (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-ang-el'-lo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:576,240

Strong’s Definitions

†ἐπαγγέλλω epangéllō, ep-ang-el'-lo; from G1909 and the base of G32; to announce upon (reflexively), i.e. (by implication) to engage to do something, to assert something respecting oneself:—profess, (make) promise.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x

The KJV translates Strong's G1861 in the following manner: promise (11x), profess (2x), make promise (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 15x
The KJV translates Strong's G1861 in the following manner: promise (11x), profess (2x), make promise (2x).

  1. to announce that one is about to do or furnish something

    1. to promise (of one's own accord) to engage voluntarily

  2. to profess

    1. an art, to profess one's skill in something

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ἐπαγγέλλω epangéllō, ep-ang-el'-lo; from G1909 and the base of G32; to announce upon (reflexively), i.e. (by implication) to engage to do something, to assert something respecting oneself:—profess, (make) promise.
STRONGS G1861:
ἐπαγγέλλω: [present middle ἐπαγγέλλομαι]; perfect passive and middle ἐπήγγελμαι; 1 aorist middle ἐπηγγειλάμην; from Homer down;
1. to announce.
2. to promise: passive ᾧ 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; τινί, to give a promise to one, Hebrews 6:13; τί, Romans 4:21; Titus 1:2; τινί τι, 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 (τὴν ἀρετήν, Xenophon, mem. 1, 2, 7; τὴν 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, 1 Timothy 6:21. [Compare: προεπαγγέλλω.]
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Esther
4:7
Mark
14:11
Acts
7:5
Romans
4:21
Galatians
3:19
1 Timothy
2:10; 6:21
Titus
1:2
Hebrews
6:13; 10:23; 11:11; 12:26
James
1:12; 2:5
2 Peter
2:19
1 John
2:25

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1861 matches the Greek ἐπαγγέλλομαι (epangellomai),
which occurs 15 times in 15 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 14:11

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:11 - They, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. He sought how he might conveniently deliver him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 7:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:5 - He gave him no inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on. He promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when he still had no child.

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Unchecked Copy Box Rom 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:21 - and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gal 3:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:19 - What then is the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the seed should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 2:10

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 2:10 - but (which becomes women professing godliness) with good works.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ti 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 6:21 - which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with you. Amein.

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Unchecked Copy Box Tit 1:2

Unchecked Copy BoxTit 1:2 - in hope of eternal life, which God, who can't lie, promised before eternal times;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:13 - For when God made a promise to Avraham, since he could swear by none greater, he swore by himself,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 10:23

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:23 - let us hold fast the confession of our hope unyieldingly. For he who promised is faithful.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 11:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:11 - By faith, even Sarah herself received power to conceive, and she bore a child when she was past age, since she counted him faithful who had promised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 12:26

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 12:26 - whose voice shook the eretz, then, but now he has promised, saying, "Yet once more I will shake not only the eretz, but also the heavens."

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 1:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 1:12 - Blessed is the man who endures temptation, for when he has been approved, he will receive the crown of life, which the Lord promised to those who love him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 2:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 2:5 - Listen, my beloved brothers. Didn't God choose those who are poor in this world to be rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he promised to those who love him?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Pe 2:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 2:19 - promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for by whom a man is overcome, by the same is he also brought into bondage.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Jo 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:25 - This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.
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