κηρύσσω kērussō

Greek word for “to preach” · Strong’s G2784 · used 61 times in 60 verses

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Meaning

κηρύσσω; to be a herald, to proclaim: 7:36, " (LXX) (but see Field, Notes, 174), al.;

How it is translated

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

• proclaiming 13
• proclaim 11
• preaching 6
• proclaimed 5
• preach 4
• do proclaim 3
• preached 3
• shall be proclaimed 2
• proclaims 2
• having been proclaimed 2
• there will be proclaimed 1
• may preach 1

Where it is used

Also in 3 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Mark 1 (6), Luke 4 (3), Romans 10 (3), Matthew 4 (2), Matthew 10 (2), Mark 16 (2), Luke 8 (2), Acts 10 (2), 1 Corinthians 15 (2), Matthew 3 (1)

Forms

• κηρύσσων 13
• κηρύσσειν 6
• κηρύσσομεν 4
• ἐκήρυσσεν 3
• κηρύξαι 3
• κηρύξατε 2
• κηρυχθήσεται 2
• κηρυχθῇ 2
• ἐκήρυξαν 2
• κηρυχθῆναι 2

Words used with it

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

• εὐαγγέλιον euangelion “gospel” 12
• βασιλεία basileia “kingdom” 9
• ὅλος holos “all” 7
• συναγωγή sunagōgē “synagogue” 6
• πόλις polis “city” 7
• ἄφεσις aphesis “forgiveness” 4
• ἔθνος ethnos “Gentiles” 6
• ἄρχω archō “be first” 5
• διδάσκω didaskō “to teach” 5
• Γαλιλαία Galilaia “Galilee” 4
• βάπτισμα baptisma “baptism” 3
• μετάνοια metanoia “repentance” 3

Key verses

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

• Matthew 3:1 — In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
• Matthew 4:23 — And 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…
• Mark 16:15 — And he said unto them, Go ye into all the world, and preach the gospel to every creature.
• Luke 4:18 — The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because he hath anointed me to preach the gospel to the poor; he hath sent me to heal the brokenhearted, to preach…
• Luke 24:47 — And that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name among all nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
• 1 Corinthians 1:23 — But we preach Christ crucified, unto the Jews a stumblingblock, and unto the Greeks foolishness;
• 2 Corinthians 1:19 — For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, even by me and Silvanus and Timotheus, was not yea and nay, but in him was yea.
• 2 Corinthians 4:5 — For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake.
• Colossians 1:23 — If ye continue in the faith grounded and settled, and be not moved away from the hope of the gospel, which ye have heard, and which was preached to every…
• 1 Thessalonians 2:9 — For ye remember, brethren, our labour and travail: for labouring night and day, because we would not be chargeable unto any of you, we preached unto you the…
• 1 Timothy 3:16 — And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles,…
• 2 Timothy 4:2 — Preach the word; be instant in season, out of season; reprove, rebuke, exhort with all longsuffering and doctrine.

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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.