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Lexicon :: Strong's G1860 - epangelia

Aa
ἐπαγγελία
Transliteration
epangelia (Key)
Pronunciation
ep-ang-el-ee'-ah
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 2:576,240

Strong’s Definitions

ἐπαγγελία epangelía, ep-ang-el-ee'-ah; from G1861; an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good):—message, promise.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 53x

The KJV translates Strong's G1860 in the following manner: promise (52x), message (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 53x
The KJV translates Strong's G1860 in the following manner: promise (52x), message (1x).

  1. announcement

  2. promise

    1. the act of promising, a promise given or to be given

    2. a promised good or blessing

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ἐπαγγελία epangelía, ep-ang-el-ee'-ah; from G1861; an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good):—message, promise.
STRONGS G1860:
ἐπαγγελία, ἐπαγγελίας, ἡ (ἐπαγγέλλω);
1. announcement: 1 John 1:5 (Rec., where ἀγγελία was long since restored); κατ' ἐπαγγελίαν ζωῆς τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, to proclaim life in fellowship with Christ, 2 Timothy 1:1 (Winers Grammar, 402 (376); cf. κατά, II. at the end. But others give ἐπαγγελία here as elsewhere the sense of promise, cf. 2 below).
2. promise;
a. the act of promising, a promise given or to be given: προσδέχεσθαι τήν ἀπό τίνος ἐπαγγελίαν (assent; the reference is to a promise to surrender Paul to the power and sentence of the Jews), Acts 23:21; (add, ἐπαγγελίας ὁ λόγος οὗτος, Romans 9:9). It is used also of the divine promises of blessing, especially of the benefits of salvation by Christ (cf. Lightfoot on Galatians, 3:14): Acts 7:17; Romans 4:14, 16; (plural Romans 9:4); Galatians 3:17f, 21; Galatians 4:23; Hebrews 11:17; 2 Peter 3:9 (on which see βραδύνω, 2); Hebrews 8:6; Hebrews 11:9; followed by the infinitive Hebrews 4:1; γίνεται τίνι, Romans 4:13; πρός τινα, Acts 13:32; Acts 26:6; ἐρρήθη τίνι, Galatians 3:16; ἐστι τίνι, belongs to one, Acts 2:39; ἐπαγγέλλεσθαι τήν ἐπαγγελίαν 1 John 2:25; ἔχειν ἐπαγγελίας, to have received, Hebrews 7:6; 2 Corinthians 7:1 (cf. Winer's Grammar, 177 (166)); to have linked to it, 1 Timothy 4:8; εἶναι ἐν ἐπαγγελία, joined with a promise (others besides; cf. Winer's Grammar, 391 (366)), Ephesians 6:2; ἡ γῆ τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, the promised land, Hebrews 11:9; τά κατά τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, born in accordance with the promise, Romans 9:8; Galatians 4:28; τό πνεῦμα τῆς ἐπαγγελίας τό ἅγιον, the promised Spirit, Ephesians 1:13; αἱ διαθῆκαι τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, covenants to which was united the promise (of salvation through the Messiah), Ephesians 2:12; ἡ ἐπαγγελία τοῦ Θεοῦ, given by God, Romans 4:20; in the plural 2 Corinthians 1:20; αἱ ἐπαγγελίαι τῶν πατέρων, the promises made to the fathers, Romans 15:8; with the genitive of the object, τῆς ζωῆς, 1 Timothy 4:8; τῆς παρουσίας αὐτοῦ, 2 Peter 3:4; κατ' ἐπαγγελίαν according to promise, Acts 13:23; Galatians 3:29; δἰ ἐπαγγελίας, Galatians 3:18.
b. by metonymy, a promised good or blessing (cf. ἐλπίς, under the end): Galatians 3:22; Ephesians 3:6 (yet here cf. Meyer or Ellicott); ἀποστέλλειν τήν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πατρός μου, the blessing promised by my Father, Luke 24:49; περιμένειν, Acts 1:4; κομίζεσθαι τήν ἐπαγγελίαν, Hebrews 10:36; Hebrews 11:39 (Hebrews 11:13 T Tr WH, προσδέχεσθαι L); λαμβάνειν τάς ἐπαγγελίας, Hebrews 11:13 (R G); ἐπιτυγχάνειν ἐπαγγελιῶν, Hebrews 11:33; κληρονομεῖν τάς ἐπαγγελίας, Hebrews 6:12; ἐπιτυγχάνειν τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, Hebrews 6:15; κληρονόμοι τῆς ἐπαγγελίας, Hebrews 6:17 — (to reconcile Hebrews 6:12, 15, 17 with Hebrews 11:13, 39, which at first sight seem to be in conflict, we must hold, in accordance with Hebrews 12:22-24, that the O. T. saints, after the expiatory sacrifice offered at length to God by Christ, were made partakers of the heavenly blessings before Christ's return from heaven; (others explain the apparent contradiction by the difference between the initial and the consummate reception of the promise; see the commentaries at the passage)); with the epexegetical genitive λαβεῖν τήν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος, the promised blessing, which is the Holy Spirit, Acts 2:33; Galatians 3:14 (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 34, 3 a. at the end); τήν ἐπαγγελίαν τῆς αἰωνίου κληρονομίας, Hebrews 9:15. ((Demosthenes 519, 8; Aristotle, eth. Nic. 10, 1, p. 1164a, 29); Polybius 1, 43, 6, and often; Diodorus 1, 5; Josephus, Antiquities 3, 5, 1; 5, 8, 11; 1 Macc. 10:15.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Luke
24:49
Acts
1:4; 2:33; 2:39; 7:17; 13:23; 13:32; 23:21; 26:6
Romans
4:13; 4:14; 4:16; 4:20; 9:4; 9:8; 9:9; 15:8
2 Corinthians
1:20; 7:1
Galatians
3:14; 3:16; 3:17; 3:18; 3:21; 3:22; 3:29; 4:23; 4:28
Ephesians
1:13; 2:12; 3:6; 6:2
1 Timothy
4:8; 4:8
2 Timothy
1:1
Hebrews
4:1; 6:12; 6:12; 6:15; 6:15; 6:17; 6:17; 7:6; 8:6; 9:15; 10:36; 11:9; 11:9; 11:13; 11:13; 11:13; 11:17; 11:33; 11:39; 11:39; 12:22; 12:23; 12:24
2 Peter
3:4; 3:9
1 John
1:5; 2:25

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G1860 matches the Greek ἐπαγγελία (epangelia),
which occurs 52 times in 50 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:49

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:49 - And now I will send to you what my father has undertaken to give you, but do not go from the town, till the power from heaven comes to you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 1:4 - And when they were all together, with him, he gave them orders not to go away from Jerusalem, but to keep there, waiting till the word of the Father was put into effect, of which, he said, I have given you knowledge:

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:33

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:33 - And so, being lifted up to the right hand of God, and having the Father's word that the Holy Spirit would come, he has sent this thing, which now you see and have knowledge of.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:39

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:39 - For the word of God is for you and for your children and for all those who are far off, even all those who may be marked out by the Lord our God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:17

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 7:17 - But when the time was near for putting into effect the undertaking which God had given to Abraham, the people were increasing in Egypt,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:23

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:23 - From this man's seed has God given to Israel a Saviour, even Jesus, as he gave his word;

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:32

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 13:32 - And we are giving you the good news of the undertaking made to the fathers,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 23:21 - But do not give way to them, for more than forty of them are waiting for him, having taken an oath not to take food or drink till they have put him to death: and now they are ready, waiting for your order.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:6

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 26:6 - And now I am here to be judged because of the hope given by God's word to our fathers;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:13

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:13 - For God's word, that the earth would be his heritage, was given to Abraham, not through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:14

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:14 - For if they who are of the law are the people who get the heritage, then faith is made of no use, and the word of God has no power;

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:16

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:16 - For this reason it is of faith, so that it may be through grace; and so that the word of God may be certain to all the seed; not only to that which is of the law, but to that which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 4:20 - Still, he did not give up faith in the undertaking of God, but was made strong by faith, giving glory to God,

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:4

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:4 - Who are Israelites: who have the place of sons, and the glory, and the agreements with God, and the giving of the law, and the worship, and the hope offered by God:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:8 - That is, it is not the children of the flesh, but the children of God's undertaking, who are named as the seed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:9

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 9:9 - For this is the word of God's undertaking, At this time will I come, and Sarah will have a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:8

Unchecked Copy BoxRom 15:8 - Now I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision to give effect to the undertakings given by God to the fathers,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:20 - For he is the Yes to all the undertakings of God: and by him all the words of God are made certain and put into effect, to the glory of God through us.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 7:1 - Because God, then, will give us such rewards, dear brothers, let us make ourselves clean from all evil of flesh and spirit, and become completely holy in the fear of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:14 - So that on the Gentiles might come the blessing of Abraham in Christ Jesus; in order that we through faith might have the Spirit which God had undertaken to give.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:16 - Now to Abraham were the undertakings given, and to his seed. He says not, And to seeds, as of a great number; but as of one, he says, And to your seed, which is Christ.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:17 - Now this I say: The law, which came four hundred and thirty years after, does not put an end to the agreement made before by God, so as to make the undertaking without effect.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:18 - Because if the heritage is by the law, it is no longer dependent on the word of God; but God gave it to Abraham by his word.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:21 - Is the law then against the words of God? in no way; because if there had been a law which was able to give life, truly righteousness would have been by the law.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:22 - However, the holy Writings have put all things under sin, so that that for which God gave the undertaking, based on faith in Jesus Christ, might be given to those who have such faith.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 3:29 - And if you are Christ's, then you are Abraham's seed, and yours is the heritage by the right of God's undertaking given to Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:23 - Now the son by the servant-woman has his birth after the flesh; but the son by the free woman has his birth through the undertaking of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGal 4:28 - Now we, brothers, as Isaac was, are the children of the undertaking of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 1:13 - In whom you, having been given the true word, the good news of your salvation, and through your faith in him, were given the sign of the Holy Spirit of hope,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 2:12 - That you were at that time without Christ, being cut off from any part in Israel's rights as a nation, having no part in God's agreement, having no hope, and without God in the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 3:6 - Which is that the Gentiles have a part in the heritage, and in the same body, and in the same hope in Christ through the good news,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEph 6:2 - Give honour to your father and mother (which is the first rule having a reward),

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:8

Unchecked Copy Box1Ti 4:8 - For the training of the body is of profit for a little, but religion is of profit in every way, giving hope for the life which now is, and for that which is to come.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:1

Unchecked Copy Box2Ti 1:1 - Paul, an Apostle of Jesus Christ by the purpose of God, in the hope of the life which is in Christ Jesus,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:1

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:1 - Let us then, though we still have God's word that we may come into his rest, go in fear that some of you may be unable to do so.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:12

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:12 - So that you may not be slow in heart, but may take as your example those to whom God has given their heritage, because of their faith and their long waiting.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:15 - And so, when he had been waiting calmly for a long time, God's word to him was put into effect.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:17 - So that when it was God's desire to make it specially clear to those who by his word were to have the heritage, that his purpose was fixed, he made it more certain with an oath;

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:6 - But this man, who was not of their family, took the tenth from Abraham, and gave a blessing to him to whom God had given his undertaking.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:6

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 8:6 - But now his position as priest is higher. because through him God has made a better agreement with man, based on the giving of better things.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 9:15 - And for this cause it is through him that a new agreement has come into being, so that after the errors under the first agreement had been taken away by his death, the word of God might have effect for those who were marked out for an eternal heritage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:36

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 10:36 - For, having done what was right in God's eyes, you have need of waiting before his word has effect for you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:9 - By faith he was a wanderer in the land of the agreement, as in a strange land, living in tents with Isaac and Jacob, who had a part with him in the same heritage:

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:13 - All these came to their end in faith, not having had the heritage; but having seen it with delight far away, they gave witness that they were wanderers and not of the earth.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:17 - By faith Abraham made an offering of Isaac, when he was tested: and he with whom the agreement had been made gave up as an offering the only son of his body,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:33

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:33 - Who through faith overcame kingdoms, did righteousness, got their reward, kept the mouths of lions shut,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:39

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 11:39 - And not one of these got the good things of the agreement, though they all had a good record through faith,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:4 - Saying, Where is the hope of his coming? From the death of the fathers till now everything has gone on as it was from the making of the world.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:9

Unchecked Copy Box2Pe 3:9 - The Lord is not slow in keeping his word, as he seems to some, but he is waiting in mercy for you, not desiring the destruction of any, but that all may be turned from their evil ways.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:25

Unchecked Copy Box1Jo 2:25 - And this is the hope which he gave you, even eternal life.
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