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Strong's #1860 - ἐπαγγελία
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ἐπαγγ-ελία, ἡ,
1. command, summons, Plb. 9.38.2. announcement, notice, IG 22.1235.7 (iii B.C.); τοῦ ἀγῶνος SIG 561.9 (Chalcis), prob. in LXX 1 Maccabees 10:15; v.l. in 1 John 1:5.
2. as law-term, ἐ. (sc. δοκιμασίας) summons to attend a δοκιμασία τῶν ῥητόρων (v. ἐπαγγέλλω 3), ἐ. τινὶ ἐπαγγέλλειν Aeschin. 1.64, cf. 81; πρὸς τοὺς θεσμοθέτας ἔσθ' ἡμῖν ἐ. D. 22.29: generally, notification, summons, Sammelb. 4434 (ii A.D.).
3. offer, promise, profession, undertaking, D. 21.14; τὰς ὑπερβολὰς τῶν ἐ. Arist. EN 1164a29, cf. Phld. Herc. 1251.20; ἐπαγγελίας ποιεῖσθαί τινι Plb. 1.72.6; ἐν ἐν ἐπαγγελίᾳ καταλιπών having left it as a promise, Id. 18.28.1; τὴν ἐ. ἐπὶ τέλος ἀγαγεῖν ibid., cf. SIG 577.11 (Milet., iii/ii B. C.); ὤμων ἐπαγγελίᾳ the promise of his shoulders, Philostr. Im. 1.4; ἐξ ἐ., = ἐπαγγειλάμενος, BCH 11.12 (Lagina); ἐ. ποιησάμενος ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων Michel 473.10 (Mylasa); ἐβεβαίωσεν τὴν ἐ. Inscr.Prien. 123.9, cf. GDI 3624a34 (Cos).
4. indication, τοῦ ἐσομένου A.D. Synt. 205.13.
5. pl., canvassing, = Lat. ambitus, prob. f.l. for παρ-, Plu. 2.276d.
6. = ἐπάγγελμα 2, subject of a treatise, Gal. Libr.Propr.Prooem.
7. the curative property claimed for prescriptions or drugs, ταῖς τῶν φαρμάκων ἐ. their advertised properties, Herod.Med. ap. Orib. 10.5.1, cf. Gal. 13.504,al.; ἐ. ἐπιτηδεύματος public exercise of a profession, Men.Prot.p.1D.
ἐπ -αγγελία , -ας , ἡ
(< ἐπαγγέλλω ),
[in LXX: Psalms 56:8 (H5612), etc.;]
1. a summons (as Attic law-term, Dem., al.).
2. a promise (Dem., Arist., al.): Acts 23:21; esp. in NT of the divine promises, Acts 7:17, Romans 4:14; Romans 4:16 Romans 9:4, Galatians 3:17-18; Galatians 3:21; Galatians 4:23, Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 11:9; Hebrews 11:17, 2 Peter 3:9; c. inf., Hebrews 4:1; γίνεται , etc., c. dat. pers., Acts 2:39, Romans 4:13, Galatians 3:16; seq. πρός , Acts 13:32; Acts 26:6; έπαγγέλεσθαι τὴν ἐ ., 1 John 2:25; ἔχειν ἐπαγγελίας , Hebrews 7:6, 2 Corinthians 7:1; εἷναι νἐ έπαγγελίᾳ , Ephesians 6:2; ἡ γῆ τῆς ἐ ., Hebrews 11:9; τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐ ., Romans 9:8, Galatians 4:28; τ . πνεῦμα τῆς ἐ . τ . ἅγιον , Ephesians 1:13; αἱ διαθῆκαι τῆς ἐ ., Ephesians 2:12; ἡ ἐ . τ . θεοῦ , Romans 4:20; pl., 2 Corinthians 1:20; αἱ ἐ . τ . πατέρων , Romans 15:8; c. gen. obj., τ . ζωῆς (v. Dalman, Words, 103), 1 Timothy 4:8; τ . παρουσίας αὐτοῦ , 2 Peter 3:4; κατ᾿ ἐπαγγελίαν , Acts 13:23, Galatians 3:29, 2 Timothy 1:1; δι᾿ ἐπαγγελίας , Galatians 3:18; συμμέτοχα τῆς ἐ ., Ephesians 3:6; λόγος ἐπαγγελίας , Romans 9:9. By meton. (cf. ἐλπίς ), of a promised blessing: Luke 24:49, Acts 1:14, Galatians 3:22, Hebrews 6:12-17; Hebrews 10:36; Hebrews 11:13; Hebrews 11:33; Hebrews 11:39; c. gen. epexeg., Acts 2:33 Galatians 3:14, Hebrews 9:15 (Cremer, 27).†
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For this word in its original sense of ";announcement"; we may cite Syll 605.7 (iii/B.C.) καὶ τοῖς ἀποδημοῦσιν ἐπὶ τὰς σπονδοφορίας διατελεῖ μετ᾽ εὐνοίας ἀπογράφων τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν, ib. 260.9 (not after B.C. 199) οἱ ἡιρημένοι ὑπὸ Μαγνήτων περὶ τῆς ἐπαγγελίας τοῦ ἀγῶνος. In Michel 473.10 (ii/B.C.) καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπαγγελίαν ποιησάμενος ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων ἔδωκεν εἰς τὴν [κατασκευὴν τῆς ] στοᾶς, the word is seen with the meaning of ";promise,"; which apparently it always has in the NT : cf. further Priene 123.9 with reference to a magistrate who on taking office had promised a distribution of food—ἐβεβαίωσεν δὲ τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν παραστή [σ ]ας μὲν τοῖς ἐντεμενίοις θεοῖς τὴν θυσίαν. In PSI IV. 281.58 (ii/A.D.) κατὰ τὰ ̣ς ἐπανγελίας αὐτο ̣υ ̣̑, the ";promises"; are almost = ";threats"; : see the editor’s note.
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