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Strong's #1861 - ἐπαγγέλλω
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- to announce that one is about to do or furnish something
- to promise (of one's own accord) to engage voluntarily
- to profess
- an art, to profess one's skill in something
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ἐπαγγ-έλλω,
aor. Pass. -ηγγέλθην IG 12.188.25, -ηγγέλην ib.12.76.19: —
1. tell, proclaim, announce, Od. 4.775, Ar. Lys. 1049 (lyr.); τινὶ ὡς.. Hdt. 3.36; τῷ δήμῳ ὑπέρ τινος ὅτι.. Inscr.Prien. 5.17 (iv B. C.); esp. proclaim by authority, notify publicly, ἐ. [τὴν ἐκεχειρίαν ] Th. 5.49; ἐ. πόλεμον Pl. Lg. 702d: — Pass., to be proclaimed, IG Il.cc., etc.; μὴ ἐπηγγέλαι πω τὰς σπονδάς Th. 5.49, cf. 8.10; βουλῆς -θείσης a meeting having been summoned, D.C. 56.29: — Med., cause proclamation to be made, Hdt. 2.121. ζ.
2. give orders, command, abs., Id. 1.70: c.acc. et inf., give orders that.., ἐπαγγείλας τοὺς Αακεδαιμονίους παρεῖναι ib. 77, cf. Th. 6.56: c. dat. et inf., order one to do, D. 42.7, etc.: c. acc. rei, στρατιὰν ἐς τοὺς ξυμμάχους ἐ. send them orders to furnish their contingents, Th. 7.17; κατὰ πόλεις τεσσαράκοντα νεῶν πλῆθος ἐ. Id. 3.16: abs., βοηθεῖν.. καθ' ὅ τι ἂν -ωσιν αἱ πόλεις Foed. ap. Th. 5.47: — Med., ἐπαγγέλλεσθαί τινι ἑτοιμάζειν στρατιήν Hdt. 7.1, cf. 4.200; ἐ. τινί E. HF 1185 (lyr.); ἐ. τισί ὅκως ἂν ἀπέλθοιεν Hdt. 5.98: — Pass., τὸ ἐπαγγελλόμενον Id. 2.55.
3. as law-term, prop. δοκιμασίαν ἐ. denounce and summon to a δοκιμασία τῶν ῥητόρων one who, having incurred ἀτιμία, yet takes part in public affairs (v. ἐπαγγελία 2), ἐπήγγειλα αὐτῷ τὴν δοκιμασίαν ταυτηνί Aeschin. 1.2, cf. ib.32; πρὸς τοὺς θεσμοθέτας D. 22.23 (but ἐπηγγέλθη αὐτοῖς ὅτι ἐπεξίοιμι is f.l.for ἀπ -in Antipho 1.11).
4. promise, offer, ξείνοις δεῖπνα Pi. P. 4.31; θεοῖς εὐχάς A. Ch. 213: — more freq. in Med., promise unasked (opp. ὑπισχνέομαι) or offer of one's free will, ἐ. τι ἐς τὴν δωρεὴν τοῖσι ἀδελφεοῖσι Hdt. 3.135; ἐ. καταγωγὴν καὶ ξείνιά τινι Id. 6.35; παίδων.. ἐ. γονάς E. Med. 721; ἁπηγγελλόμην what I was proposing, S. El. 1018, cf. D. 4.15; ἐ. τάδε, ὡς.. Hdt. 6.9: c. inf., promise or offer, ξυμπολεμεῖν Th. 6.88; διαθήκας ἀποφαίνειν (-φανεῖν Dobree) Isaiah 1:15; ἐ. τῇ βουλῇ μηνύσειν And. 1.15; τισὶν τριήρεις ἔχων ἐκπλεύσεσθαι Lys. 28.4, cf. D. 18.132, etc.; τινὶ ὥστε βοηθεῖν Th. 8.86; ἐ. ὅ τι χρὴ δρᾶν offering (to do) what in justice he ought to do, Pl. Lg. 915a.
5. Med., profess, make profession of, c. acc., ἀρετήν X. Mem. 1.2.7; θεοσέβειαν 1 Timothy 2:10; esp. of Sophists, as in Pl. Euthd. 273e; τί ἐστιν ὃ ἐ. τε καὶ διδάσκει Id. Grg. 447c; τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ ἐπάγγελμα ὃ ἐπαγγέλλομαι Id. Prt. 319a; ἐπαγγελλόμενος πάντα.. οὐδὲν ἐπιτελεῖ Arist. EN 1164a5; [γνῶσιν ] 1 Timothy 6:21 : c. inf., ἐ. ἀποκρίνεσθαι ὅ τι ἄν τίς σε ἐρωτᾷ Pl. Grg. 447d; ἐ. οἷός τε εἶναι ποιῆσαί τι Id. La. 186c, Thg. 127e; ταῦτα ἐπαγγέλλεται δεινὸς εἶναι D. 35.41; οἱ σοφισταὶ ἐ. διδάσκειν τινά Arist. EN 1180b35; παιδεύειν D. 35.41; and abs., profess an art, Pl. R. 518b, Arist. SE 172a32.
6. demand, require, cj. in D.H. 5.65: — Med., D. 19.193; but, ask a favour, ib. 41.
ἐπαγγέλλω: (present middle ἐπαγγέλλομαι); perfect passive and middle ἐπηγγελμαι; 1 aorist middle ἐπηγγειλαμην; from Homer down;
1. to announce.
2. to promise: passive 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; τίνι, to give a promise to one, Hebrews 6:13; τί, Romans 4:21; Titus 1:2; τίνι τί, 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 (τήν ἀρετήν, Xenophon, mem. 1, 2, 7; τήν 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,
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ἐπ -αγγέλλω ,
[in LXX: Ezra 4:8 (H559), Proverbs 13:12, Wisdom of Solomon 2:13, al.;]
1. to announce, proclaim.
2. (a) to promise;
(b) to profess. Mid., also freq. in both these senses;
(c) to promise: c. dab. pers., Hebrews 6:13; c. acc rei, Romans 4:21, Titus 1:2; c. dat pers. et acc rei, James 1:12; James 2:5, 2 Peter 2:19; ἐπαγγελίαν , 1 John 2:25; c. inf., Mark 14:11, Acts 7:5; seq. λέγων , Hebrews 12:26; ptcp., Hebrews 10:23; Hebrews 11:11;
(d) to profess: θεοσέβειαν , 1 Timothy 2:10; γνῶσιν , 1 Timothy 6:21. Pass., Galatians 3:19 (cf. προ -επαγγέλλω ; and v. Cremer, 26).†
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ἐπαγγέλλομαι = ";promise,"; as in Hebrews 10:23; Hebrews 11:11, may be illustrated by P Petr I. 29.12 (iii/B.C.) (= Witkowski.2, p. 31) ἐχρησάμην δὲ καὶ παρὰ Δύνεως ἀρτάβας δ ̄ κριθοπύρων αὐτοῦ ἐπαγγελομένου καὶ φιλοτίμου ὄντος, P Tebt II. 411.9 (ii/A.D.) εἰ μὴ ἐπηγγειλάμην σήμερόν σε παρέσασθαι, ";had I not promised that you would be present to-day,"; P Oxy I. 71i. 8 (A.D. 303) ἅπερ διὰ τῶν αὐτῶν γραμματίων ἐπηγγίλατο ἀποδώσειν ἄνευ δίκης κτλ. Ramsay (Exp VII. viii. p. 19) draws attention to the use of the verb in 1 Timothy 6:21 where it is applied to ";volunteers, who set up as teachers with the intention to make a business and a means of livelihood out of the Word of God,"; and notes its application ";to candidates for municipal favours and votes in the Greek cities, who publicly announced what they intended to do for the general benefit, if they gained popular support";—cf. Cagnat IV. 766 (Mossyna in Phrygia—A.D. 80–100) (= C. and B. i. p. 146) τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ οἱ ἐπανγειλάμενοι καθὼς ὑπογέγραπται —the names of the promisers being appended. The verb is also a kind of term. tech. in the inscrr. for the announcement of public sacrifices, e. g. Syll 258.39 (iii/B.C.) τοῖς ἐπαγγέλλοσι τὰν θυσίαν καὶ ἐκεχηρίαν τᾶς Ἀρτέμιδος : cf. 1 Timothy 2:10 and Philo de Human. 1 (= II. p. 384 ed. Mangey) ἐπαγγέλλεται θεοῦ θεραπείαν.
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