κηρύσσω
kērussō
to preach
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What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Greek word κηρύσσω (kērussō) is defined as "to preach." It is used 61 times in the Bible, indicating its importance in early Christian communication. The word is primarily associated with the act of proclaiming or announcing a message, often with a sense of urgency or emphasis. In terms of usage, κηρύσσω is frequently linked with the spread of the Gospel, with Jesus and his followers using the word to describe their mission to share the message of salvation with others. The word is also used in a more general sense to describe public proclamation, including announcements and declarations. The significance of κηрύσσω lies in its connection to the early Christian emphasis on spreading the message of Jesus Christ. The word highlights the importance of communication and proclamation in the early Christian community, and its frequent use in the Bible underscores the central role of preaching in the life and mission of the early church.
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Occurrences in Scripture
61 total occurrences across the text — showing 50
In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,
Matthew 4:17From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”
Matthew 4:23Jesus went about in all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
Matthew 9:35Jesus went about all the cities and the villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the Good News of the Kingdom, and healing every disease and every sickness among the people.
Matthew 10:7As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’
Matthew 10:27What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.
Matthew 11:1When Jesus had finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.
Matthew 26:13Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News is preached in the whole world, what this woman has done will also be spoken of as a memorial of her.”
Matthew 24:14This Good News of the Kingdom will be preached in the whole world for a testimony to all the nations, and then the end will come.
Mark 1:4John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.
Mark 1:7He preached, saying, “After me comes he who is mightier than I, the thong of whose sandals I am not worthy to stoop down and loosen.
Mark 1:14Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of God’s Kingdom,
Mark 1:38He said to them, “Let’s go elsewhere into the next towns, that I may preach there also, because I came out for this reason.”
Mark 1:39He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons.
Mark 1:45But he went out, and began to proclaim it much, and to spread about the matter, so that Jesus could no more openly enter into a city, but was outside in desert places. People came to him from everywhere.
Mark 3:14He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach,
Mark 5:20He went his way, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus had done great things for him, and everyone marveled.
Mark 6:12They went out and preached that people should repent.
Mark 7:36He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.
Mark 13:10The Good News must first be preached to all the nations.
Mark 14:9Most certainly I tell you, wherever this Good News may be preached throughout the whole world, that which this woman has done will also be spoken of for a memorial of her.”
Mark 16:15He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.
Mark 16:20They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.
Luke 3:3He came into all the region around the Jordan, preaching the baptism of repentance for remission of sins.
Luke 4:18“The Spirit of the Lord is on me, because he has anointed me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent me to heal the broken hearted, to proclaim release to the captives, recovering of sight to the blind, to deliver those who are crushed,
Luke 4:19and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”
Luke 4:44He was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.
Luke 8:1Soon afterwards, he went about through cities and villages, preaching and bringing the good news of God’s Kingdom. With him were the twelve,
Luke 8:39“Return to your house, and declare what great things God has done for you.” He went his way, proclaiming throughout the whole city what great things Jesus had done for him.
Luke 9:2He sent them out to preach God’s Kingdom and to heal the sick.
Luke 12:3Therefore whatever you have said in the darkness will be heard in the light. What you have spoken in the ear in the inner rooms will be proclaimed on the housetops.
Luke 24:47and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.
Acts 8:5Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed to them the Christ.
Acts 9:20Immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed the Christ, that he is the Son of God.
Acts 10:37you yourselves know what happened, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;
Acts 10:42He commanded us to preach to the people and to testify that this is he who is appointed by God as the Judge of the living and the dead.
Acts 15:21For Moses from generations of old has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”
Acts 19:13But some of the itinerant Jews, exorcists, took on themselves to invoke over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “We adjure you by Jesus whom Paul preaches.”
Acts 20:25“Now, behold, I know that you all, among whom I went about preaching God’s Kingdom, will see my face no more.
Acts 28:31preaching God’s Kingdom, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance.
Romans 2:21You therefore who teach another, don’t you teach yourself? You who preach that a man shouldn’t steal, do you steal?
Romans 10:8But what does it say? “The word is near you, in your mouth, and in your heart;” that is, the word of faith which we preach:
Romans 10:14How then will they call on him in whom they have not believed? How will they believe in him whom they have not heard? How will they hear without a preacher?
Romans 10:15And how will they preach unless they are sent? As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who preach the Good News of peace, who bring glad tidings of good things!”
1 Corinthians 1:23but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,
1 Corinthians 9:27but I beat my body and bring it into submission, lest by any means, after I have preached to others, I myself should be rejected.
1 Corinthians 15:11Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.
1 Corinthians 15:12Now if Christ is preached, that he has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
2 Corinthians 1:19For the Son of God, Jesus Christ, who was preached among you by us, by me, Silvanus, and Timothy, was not “Yes and no,” but in him is “Yes.”
2 Corinthians 4:5For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake,