STRONGS G1861:
ἐπαγγέλλω: [present middle
ἐπαγγέλλομαι]; perfect passive and middle
ἐπήγγελμαι; 1 aorist middle
ἐπηγγειλάμην; from Homer down;
1. to announce.
2. to promise: passive
ᾧ ἐπήγγελται, to whom the promise hath been made,
Galatians 3:19.
Middle
to announce concerning oneself;
i. e.:
1. to announce that one is about to do or to furnish something,
i. e. to promise (of one's own accord),
to engage (voluntarily):
ὁ ἐπαγγειλάμενος,
Hebrews 10:23;
Hebrews 11:11;
ἐπήγγελται, he hath promised, followed by
λέγων,
Hebrews 12:26;
τινί, to give a promise to one,
Hebrews 6:13;
τί,
Romans 4:21;
Titus 1:2;
τινί τι,
James 1:12;
James 2:5;
2 Peter 2:19;
ἐπαγγελίαν, to give a promise,
1 John 2:25 (
Esther 4:7; [cf. Winers Grammar, 225 (211); Buttmann, 148 (129)]); followed by the infinitive [cf. Winer's Grammar § 44, 7 c.]:
Mark 14:11;
Acts 7:5.
2. to profess;
τί,
e. g. an art, to profess oneself skilled in it (
τὴν ἀρετήν, Xenophon, mem. 1, 2, 7;
τὴν στρατιάν, Hell. 3, 4, 3;
σοφίαν, Diogenes Laërtius prooem. 12;
σωφροσύνην, Clement of Alexandria, paedag. 3, 4, p. 299, 27 edition Klotz; [cf. Liddell and Scott, under the word, 5]):
θεοσέβειαν,
1 Timothy 2:10;
γνῶσιν,
1 Timothy 6:21. [
Compare: προεπαγγέλλω.]
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