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Strong's G1860 · Greek

ἐπαγγελία

epaggelia · ep-ang-el-ee'-ah

from 1861; an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good)


Scholarly Lexicons

Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon

ἐπ-αγγελία (G1860)

52 ἐπ-αγγελία , -ας, ἡ ( ἐπαγγέλλω ), [in LXX: Ps 55(56):8 ( סֵפֶר ), etc. ;] a summons (as Attic law-term, Dem., al.). a promise (Dem., Arist., al.): Ac 23:21 ; esp. in NT of the divine promises, Ac 7:17 , Ro 4:14 , 16 9:4 , Ga 3:17 , 18 , 21 4:23 , He 8:6 11:9 , 17 , II Pe 3:9 ; c. inf., He 4:1 ; γίνεται , etc., c. dat. pers., Ac 2:39 , Ro 4:13 , Ga 3:16 ; seq. πρός , Ac 13:32 26:6 ; έπαγγέλεσθαι τὴν ἐ. , I Jo 2:25 ; ἔχειν ἐπαγγελίας , He 7:6 , II Co 7:1 ; εἷναι νἐ έπαγγελίᾳ , Eph 6:2 ; ἡ γῆ τῆς ἐ. , He 11:9 ; τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐ. , Ro 9:8 , Ga 4:28 ; τ. πνεῦμα τῆς ἐ. τ. ἅγιον , Eph 1:13 ; αἱ διαθῆκαι τῆς ἐ. , Eph 2:12 ; ἡ ἐ. τ. θεοῦ , Ro 4:20 ; pl., II Co 1:20 ; αἱ ἐ. τ. πατέρων , Ro 15:8 ; c. gen. obj., τ. ζωῆς (v. Dalman, Words , 103), I Ti 4:8 ; τ. παρουσίας αὐτοῦ , II Pe 3:4 ; κατ ̓ ἐπαγγελίαν , Ac 13:23 , Ga 3:29 , II Ti 1:1 ; δι ̓ ἐπαγγελίας , Ga 3:18 ; συμμέτοχα τῆς ἐ. , Eph 3:6 ; λόγος ἐπαγγελίας , Ro 9:9 . By meton. (cf. ἐλπίς ), of a promised blessing: Lk 24:49 , Ac 1:14 , Ga 3:22 , He 6:12 , 15 , 17 10:36 11:13 , 33 , 39 ; c. gen. epexeg., Ac 2:33 Ga 3:14 , He 9:15 (Cremer, 27).†

G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922) — public domain

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