ἐπαγγέλλω
epangellō
to profess
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word ἐπαγγελλού (epangellō) means "to profess." It is used 15 times in the Bible, and its meaning is closely related to making a public declaration about something. In many cases, this declaration involves a promise or vow. The use of this word often involves public professions, as seen in its connection to declarations, testimonies, and acknowledgments. This suggests that epangellō emphasizes the idea of openness and publicity in making a statement. It is used in a variety of contexts, including confessions of faith and statements about one's actions. While we can't fully grasp the significance of epangellō without knowing its specific uses within the Bible, we can see that it highlights the importance of openness and accountability in declaring one's intentions or beliefs. This emphasis on public declaration underscores the idea that words and actions have consequences and are not solely private affairs.
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Occurrences in Scripture
15 total occurrences across the text
They, when they heard it, were glad, and promised to give him money. He sought how he might conveniently deliver him.
Acts 7:5He 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 offspring after him, when he still had no child.
Romans 4:21and being fully assured that what he had promised, he was also able to perform.
Galatians 3:19Then why is there the law? It was added because of transgressions, until the offspring should come to whom the promise has been made. It was ordained through angels by the hand of a mediator.
1 Timothy 2:10but with good works, which is appropriate for women professing godliness.
1 Timothy 6:21which some profess, and thus have wandered from the faith. Grace be with you. Amen.
Titus 1:2in hope of eternal life, which God, who can’t lie, promised before time began;
Hebrews 6:13For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he could swear by no one greater, he swore by himself,
Hebrews 10:23let’s hold fast the confession of our hope without wavering; for he who promised is faithful.
Hebrews 11:11By 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.
Hebrews 12:26whose voice shook the earth then, but now he has promised, saying, “Yet once more I will shake not only the earth, but also the heavens.”
James 1:12Blessed is a person 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.
James 2:5Listen, 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?
2 Peter 2:19promising them liberty, while they themselves are bondservants of corruption; for a man is brought into bondage by whoever overcomes him.
1 John 2:25This is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.