ἐπαγγ-έλλω G1861
To promise (especially of God's solemn, covenantal pledges); secondarily, to profess or lay claim to something.
In the NT, ἐπαγγέλλομαι is overwhelmingly the word for divine promise — God's covenantal commitments to Abraham and his descendants, the promise of eternal life, the Holy Spirit, and the coming kingdom. Paul builds major theological arguments on what God 'promised' (Rom 4:21; Gal 3:19; Heb 6:13; 10:23; 11:11), and the related noun ἐπαγγελία is one of the great NT theological terms. A minor but distinct usage appears in the Pastorals, where it means to profess or lay public claim to something — women professing godliness (1 Tim 2:10) or those professing knowledge (1 Tim 6:21).
2. profess, claim, lay claim to — A secondary sense: to profess, make a public claim, or lay claim to a quality. Found only in the Pastoral Epistles — women 'professing godliness' through good works (1 Tim 2:10) and those who by 'professing' knowledge have swerved from the faith (1 Tim 6:21). Spanish 'profesando' and 'que profesan' capture this well. Unlike sense 1, the focus is not on a future commitment but on a present public declaration about oneself, closer to the classical Greek usage of making an announcement or claim. 2×
AR["إِذِ-ادَّعَوْها","يَدَّعينَ"]·ben["দাবি-করে,","প্রতিজ্ঞাকারী"]·DE["verheissen"]·EN["professing"]·FR["promettre"]·heb["מַבְטִיחִים","מַבְטִיחוֹת"]·HI["दव-करते-हुए","दव-करने-वअलि"]·ID["mengaku","yang-mengaku"]·IT["promettere"]·jav["ngaku","ngaku,"]·KO["공언하는-자들에게","공언하며,"]·PT["professando","que-professam"]·RU["исповедующим","исповедуя"]·ES["profesando","que-profesan"]·SW["wakidai","wanaodai"]·TR["iddia-eden","iddiasında-olanlar"]·urd["دعوٰی-کرتے-ہوئے","دعوٰی-کرنے-والی"]
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Senses
1. promise (divine or solemn commitment) — The dominant sense: to promise, especially of God's solemn covenantal commitments. Covers God's promise to Abraham (Acts 7:5; Rom 4:21; Heb 6:13), the promise of eternal life (Titus 1:2; 1 John 2:25), and the promised Holy Spirit (Gal 3:19). Spanish 'ha prometido' and French 'promettre' correspond directly. Mark 14:11 applies the word to Judas's co-conspirators promising him money — the only non-divine promise in the NT usage. The verb's middle voice emphasizes the promiser's personal commitment. 13×
AR["قد-وُعِدَ","واعِدينَ","وَاعِد","وَعَدَ","وَعَدَ-بِهِ","وَعَدَنا","وَعَدَهُ","وَعَدُوا"]·ben["তিনি-প্রতিজ্ঞা-করেছিলেন,","তিনি-প্রতিজ্ঞা-করেছেন","প্রতিজ্ঞা-করলেন","প্রতিজ্ঞা-করে","প্রতিজ্ঞা-করেছিলেন","প্রতিজ্ঞা-করেছেন","প্রতিজ্ঞা-দেওয়া-হয়েছে,","প্রতিশ্রুতি-দিলেন","প্রতিশ্রুতি-দেয়"]·DE["verheissen","ἐπηγγείλατο"]·EN["having-promised","he-has-promised","he-promised","it-has-been-promised","promised","promising"]·FR["promettre"]·heb["הִבְטִיחַ","הִבְטִיחוּ","הֻבְטַח","מַבְטִיחִים","מַבְטִיחַ"]·HI["प्रतिज्ञा-करते-हुए,","प्रतिज्ञा-करने-वाला;","प्रतिज्ञा-करने-वाले।","प्रतिज्ञा-की","प्रतिज्ञा-की-है","वअद-किय-गय,","वचन-दिय","वादा-करते-हुए","वायदा-किया"]·ID["Dia-janjikan","Ia-berjanji,","berjanji","dijanjikan","dijanjikan,","menjanjikan","menjanjikan,","menjanjikan.","setelah-berjanji","telah-berjanji;"]·IT["epeggeilanto","promettere"]·jav["dipunjanjekaken,","ingkang-sampun-prajanji","janji","njanjikaken","njanjikaken,","sami-janji","sampun-dijanjèkaken","sampun-dipun-janjekaken,","sampun-janji","sampun-prajanji","sampun-prasetya"]·KO["그-가-약속하셨다","약속되었느니라,","약속하며,","약속하셨다","약속하셨으니","약속하신-이가","약속하신-이를","약속하였다","약속했다"]·PT["foi-feita-a-promessa","prometendo","prometeram","prometeu","que-prometeu","tendo-prometido"]·RU["Обещавшего","Обещавший","Он-обещал","обещавший","обещал","обещано","обещающие","пообещали"]·ES["ha-prometido","ha-sido-prometido","habiendo-prometido","prometiendo","prometieron","prometió","que-prometió"]·SW["aliahidi","aliahidiwa","alichoahidi","alituahidi","aliyeahidi","ameahidi","wakamwahidi","wakiwaahidi"]·TR["söz-verdiler","vaat-eden","vaat-edeni","vaat-edenler","vaat-edildi","vaat-etti","vadetmişti"]·urd["اُس-نے-وعدہ-کیا-تھا","وعدہ-دیتے-ہوئے،","وعدہ-کرنے-والا","وعدہ-کرنے-والے","وعدہ-کرنے-والے-کو","وعدہ-کیا","وعدہ-کیا-گیا-تھا","وعدہ-کیا-ہے"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ἐπαγγ-έλλω, aorist passive -ηγγέλθηνRefs—tell, proclaim, announce, Refs 8th c.BC+; especially proclaim by authority, notify publicly, ἐ. [τὴν ἐκεχειρίαν] Refs 5th c.BC+:— passive, to be proclaimed, Refs 5th c.BC+; βουλῆς -θείσης a meeting having been summoned, Refs 2nd c.AD+:—middle, cause proclamation to be made, Refs 5th c.BC+ __2 give orders, command, absolutely, Refs: c.accusative et…