G1861: ἐπαγγέλλω
epangéllō · “to profess”
Definition
to announce upon (reflexively), i.e. (by implication) to engage to do something, to assert something respecting oneself
KJV translates it as: profess, (make) promise
Word origin: from G1909 (ἐπί) and the base of G32 (ἄγγελος);
Extended definition
[in LXX: Est.4:8 (אָמַר), Pro.13:12, Wis.2:13, al. ;]
1. to announce, proclaim.
2. (a) to promise;
(b) to profess. Mid., also frequently in both these senses;
(with) to promise: with dab. of person(s), Heb.6:13; with accusative of thing(s), Rom.4:21, Tit.1:2; with dative of person(s) and accusative of thing(s), Jas.1:12 2:5, 2Pe.2:19; ἐπαγγελίαν, 1Jn.2:25; with inf., Mrk.14:11, Act.7:5; before λέγων, Heb.12:26; ptcp., Heb.10:23 11:11;
(d) to profess: θεοσέβειαν, 1Ti.2:10; γνῶσιν, 1Ti.6:21. Pass., Gal.3:19 (cf. προ-επαγγέλλω; and see Cremer, 26).†
(AS)
Abbott-Smith Manual Greek Lexicon (1922) via STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0).
How G1861 is translated
- he has promised ×3
- he promised ×2
- professing ×2
- promised ×2
- they promised ×1
- promise has been made, ×1
- having made his promise ×1
- having promised, ×1
- having promised. ×1
- promising, ×1
Bible verses with G1861 (epangéllō)
Epangéllō appears in 15 verses.
- Mark 14:11
And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
- Acts 7:5
And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
- Romans 4:21
And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
- Galatians 3:19
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
- 1 Timothy 2:10
But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
- 1 Timothy 6:21
Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen. The first to Timothy was written from Laodicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia Pacatiana.
- Titus 1:2
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
- Hebrews 6:13
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
- Hebrews 10:23
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
- Hebrews 11:11
Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
- Hebrews 12:26
Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
- James 1:12
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
- James 2:5
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
- 2 Peter 2:19
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
- 1 John 2:25
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.