ἐπαγγέλλω epangellō

Greek word for “to profess” · Strong’s G1861 · used 15 times in 15 verses

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Meaning

ἐπ-αγγέλλω; 1. to announce, proclaim.;

How it is translated

Glosses given for epangellō in context, with how often each is used:

• promised 5
• has promised 3
• professing 2
• having promised 2
• promise has been made 1
• having made his promise 1
• promising 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 14 (1), Acts 7 (1), Romans 4 (1), Galatians 3 (1), 1 Timothy 2 (1), 1 Timothy 6 (1), Titus 1 (1), Hebrews 6 (1), Hebrews 10 (1), Hebrews 11 (1)

Forms

• ἐπηγγείλατο 5
• ἐπήγγελται 3
• ἐπαγγελλόμενοι 2
• ἐπαγγειλάμενος 2
• ἐπηγγείλαντο 1
• ἐπαγγελλομέναις 1
• ἐπαγγειλάμενον 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with epangellō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• σπέρμα sperma “seed” 3
• ζωή zōē “life” 3
• ἐπεί epei “since” 2
• πίστις pistis “faith” 3
• ἐλπίς elpis “hope” 2
• πιστός pistos “faithful” 2
• αἰώνιος aiōnios “eternal” 2
• ἀγαπάω agapaō “to love” 2
• λαμβάνω lambanō “to take” 2
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 2
• ἀκούω akouō “to hear” 2
• μετά meta “with/after” 2

Key verses

The verses using epangellō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Acts 7:5 — And 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…
• Galatians 3:19 — Wherefore 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…
• 1 Timothy 2:10 — But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
• Titus 1:2 — In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
• Hebrews 6:13 — For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
• Hebrews 10:23 — Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
• Hebrews 11:11 — Through 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…
• Hebrews 12:26 — Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
• James 1:12 — Blessed 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 2:5 — Hearken, 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 2:19 — While 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 2:25 — And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.