1. promise, pledge — A solemn declaration or assurance, especially a divine promise or covenant commitment; encompasses all case forms (nominative, genitive, dative, accusative) in both singular and plural. Multilingual translations uniformly confirm a single core meaning: spa promesa/promesas, arb الوَعدِ/الوَعدُ (al-wa'd), kor 약속 (yaksok), swa ahadi, hin प्रतिज्ञा/वअद. The genitive 'of promise' (S67464) is merely a grammatical case variant, not a distinct lexical sense, as confirmed by identical renderings across all target languages. 52×
AR["الوَعدَ","الوَعدُ","الوَعدِ","الوَعْدَ","الوَعْدُ","الوَعْدِ","الْوَعْدِ","وَعدَ","وَعدِ","وَعْدَ","وَعْدِ"]·ben["পিতার","প্রতিজ্ঞা","প্রতিজ্ঞা,","প্রতিজ্ঞা।","প্রতিজ্ঞাকে","প্রতিজ্ঞাকে।","প্রতিজ্ঞার","প্রতিজ্ঞার,","প্রতিজ্ঞার-","প্রতিজ্ঞার;","প্রতিশ্রুতি"]·DE["Verheissung","Verheißung"]·EN["promise"]·FR["promesse"]·heb["הַ-הַבְטָחָה","הַבְטָחַת","הַבְטָחָה"]·HI["और","तुमने-सुनी","प्रतिज्ञा","प्रतिज्ञाकी","प्रतिज्ञाकी।","प्रभु","वअद","वअद,","वअद-","वअद.","वअद;"]·ID["janji","janji,","janji."]·IT["epaggelian","promessa"]·jav["janji","janji.","prajanji","prajanji,","prajanji.","prajanji;","prajanjianing","prajanjianipun","prajanjianipun.","prasatya,","prejanjian--"]·KO["그들-에게","약속","약속,","약속-을","약속-의","약속;","약속을","약속을.","약속의","약속이,","이다"]·PT["promessa","promessa,"]·RU["обетование","обетование,","обетования","обещание","обещанию","обещания"]·ES["promesa"]·SW["ahadi"]·TR["-o","sözü","va'din","vaade","vaadi","vaadin","vaadine","vaadini","vaat","vaatin","vaatten"]·urd["وعدہ","وعدہ-تھا","وعدے","وعدے-پر","وعدے-کا","وعدے-کو","وعدے-کے"]
Luke 24:49, Acts 1:4, Acts 2:33, Acts 2:39, Acts 7:17, Acts 13:32, Acts 23:21, Acts 26:6, Rom 4:13, Rom 4:14, Rom 4:16, Rom 4:20 (+38 more)
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ἐπαγγ-ελία, ἡ, command, summons, Refs 2nd c.BC+ __b announcement, notice, Refs 3rd c.BC+; τοῦ ἀγῶνος LXX; variant in NT __2 as law-term, ἐ. (i.e. δοκιμασίας) summons to attend a δοκιμασία τῶν ῥητόρων (see. ἐπαγγέλλω Refs 4th c.BC+: generally, notification, summons, Refs 2nd c.AD+ __3 offer, promise, profession, undertaking, Refs 4th c.BC+; ἐν ἐν ἐπαγγελίᾳ καταλιπών having left it as a promise,…