Biblica Analytica
G2784 Greek

κηρύσσω

kērussō

to preach

Lexicon Entry

Definition
to preach
Transliteration
kērussō
Strong's Number
G2784
Occurrences
61

Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.

What Original Readers Understood

Explored

The 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.

Source data & methodology
Strong's
G2784
Lemma
κηρύσσω
Transliteration
kērussō
Definition
to preach
Occurrences
61
Model
workers-ai
Prompt version
1

AI synthesis uses only the lexicon data above as context — never training knowledge.

Occurrences in Scripture

61 total occurrences across the text — showing 50

Matthew 3:1

In those days, John the Baptizer came, preaching in the wilderness of Judea, saying,

Matthew 4:17

From that time, Jesus began to preach, and to say, “Repent! For the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand.”

Matthew 4:23

Jesus 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 9:35

Jesus 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 10:7

As you go, preach, saying, ‘The Kingdom of Heaven is at hand!’

Matthew 10:27

What I tell you in the darkness, speak in the light; and what you hear whispered in the ear, proclaim on the housetops.

Matthew 11:1

When Jesus had finished directing his twelve disciples, he departed from there to teach and preach in their cities.

Matthew 26:13

Most 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 24:14

This 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 1:4

John came baptizing in the wilderness and preaching the baptism of repentance for forgiveness of sins.

Mark 1:7

He 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 1:14

Now after John was taken into custody, Jesus came into Galilee, preaching the Good News of God’s Kingdom,

Mark 1:38

He 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 1:39

He went into their synagogues throughout all Galilee, preaching and casting out demons.

Mark 1:45

But 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 3:14

He appointed twelve, that they might be with him, and that he might send them out to preach,

Mark 5:20

He went his way, and began to proclaim in Decapolis how Jesus had done great things for him, and everyone marveled.

Mark 6:12

They went out and preached that people should repent.

Mark 7:36

He commanded them that they should tell no one, but the more he commanded them, so much the more widely they proclaimed it.

Mark 13:10

The Good News must first be preached to all the nations.

Mark 14:9

Most 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 16:15

He said to them, “Go into all the world, and preach the Good News to the whole creation.

Mark 16:20

They went out, and preached everywhere, the Lord working with them, and confirming the word by the signs that followed. Amen.

Luke 3:3

He 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 4:19

and to proclaim the acceptable year of the Lord.”

Luke 4:44

He was preaching in the synagogues of Galilee.

Luke 8:1

Soon 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 9:2

He sent them out to preach God’s Kingdom and to heal the sick.

Luke 12:3

Therefore 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 24:47

and that repentance and remission of sins should be preached in his name to all the nations, beginning at Jerusalem.

Acts 8:5

Philip went down to the city of Samaria, and proclaimed to them the Christ.

Acts 9:20

Immediately in the synagogues he proclaimed the Christ, that he is the Son of God.

Acts 10:37

you yourselves know what happened, which was proclaimed throughout all Judea, beginning from Galilee, after the baptism which John preached;

Acts 10:42

He 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 15:21

For Moses from generations of old has in every city those who preach him, being read in the synagogues every Sabbath.”

Acts 19:13

But 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 28:31

preaching God’s Kingdom, and teaching the things concerning the Lord Jesus Christ with all boldness, without hindrance.

Romans 2:21

You therefore who teach another, don’t you teach yourself? You who preach that a man shouldn’t steal, do you steal?

Romans 10:8

But 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 10:14

How 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 10:15

And 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 1:23

but we preach Christ crucified: a stumbling block to Jews, and foolishness to Greeks,

1 Corinthians 9:27

but 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 15:11

Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.

1 Corinthians 15:12

Now 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 1:19

For 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 4:5

For we don’t preach ourselves, but Christ Jesus as Lord, and ourselves as your servants for Jesus’ sake,