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Lexicon :: Strong's G2784 - kēryssō

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κηρύσσω
Transliteration
kēryssō (Key)
Pronunciation
kay-roos'-so
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
Of uncertain affinity
mGNT
61x in 28 unique form(s) TR
61x in 28 unique form(s) LXX
26x in 13 unique form(s)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 3:697,430

Strong’s Definitions

κηρύσσω kērýssō, kay-roos'-so; of uncertain affinity; to herald (as a public crier), especially divine truth (the gospel):—preacher(-er), proclaim, publish.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 61x

The KJV translates Strong's G2784 in the following manner: preach (51x), publish (5x), proclaim (2x), preached (with G2258) (2x), preacher (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 61x
The KJV translates Strong's G2784 in the following manner: preach (51x), publish (5x), proclaim (2x), preached (with G2258) (2x), preacher (1x).

  1. to be a herald, to officiate as a herald

    1. to proclaim after the manner of a herald

    2. always with the suggestion of formality, gravity and an authority which must be listened to and obeyed

  2. to publish, proclaim openly: something which has been done

  3. used of the public proclamation of the gospel and matters pertaining to it, made by John the Baptist, by Jesus, by the apostles and other Christian teachers

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
κηρύσσω kērýssō, kay-roos'-so; of uncertain affinity; to herald (as a public crier), especially divine truth (the gospel):—preacher(-er), proclaim, publish.
STRONGS G2784:
κηρύσσω; imperfect ἐκήρυσσον; future κηρύξω; 1 aorist ἐκηρυξα (infinitive κηρύξαι R G Tr WH, κηρύξαι L T; cf. Lipsius, Gramm. Untersuch., p. 32ff; Tdf. Proleg., p. 101; Winer's Grammar, § 6, 1 f. (see references under the word κῆρυξ)); passive, present κηρύσσομαι; 1 aorist ἐκηρυχθην; 1 future κηρυχθήσομαι; (κῆρυξ, which see); from Homer down; the Sept. for קָרָא; to be a herald; to officiate as herald; to proclaim after the manner of a herald; always with a suggestion of formality, gravity, and an authority which must be listened to and obeyed;
a. univ to publish, proclaim openly: something which has been done, Mark 7:36; τόν λόγον, Mark 1:45 (here joined with διαφημίζειν); followed by indirect discourse, Mark 5:20; Luke 8:39; something which ought to be done, followed by the infinitive (cf. Winers Grammar, 322 (302); (Buttmann, § 141, 2)), Romans 2:21; Μωυσῆν, the authority and precepts of Moses, Acts 15:21; περιτομήν, the necessity of circumcision, Galatians 5:11.
b. specifically used of the public proclamation of the gospel and matters pertaining to it, made by John the Baptist, by Jesus, by the apostles and other Christian teachers: absolutely, Matthew 11:1; Mark 1:38; Mark 3:14; Mark 16:20; Romans 10:15; with the dative of the person to whom the proclamation is made, 1 Corinthians 9:27; 1 Peter 3:19; εἰς (R ἐν with the dative) τάς συναγωγάς (see εἰς, A. I. 5 b.; cf. Winer's Grammar, 213 (200)), Mark 1:39; (Luke 4:44 T Tr text WH); (ὁ) κηρύσσων, Romans 10:14; κηρύσσειν, with the accusative of the thing, Matthew 10:27; Luke (Luke 4:19); Luke 12:3; τίνι τί, Luke 4:18(Luke 4:19); τό εὐαγγέλιον τῆς βασιλείας, Matthew 4:23; Matthew 9:35; Mark 1:14 (where G L brackets T Tr WH τό εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Θεοῦ); τό εὐαγγέλιον simply, Mark 16:15; Galatians 2:2; τό εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰς τινας (see above), 1 Thessalonians 2:9; passive, Matthew 24:14; Matthew 26:13; Colossians 1:23; with εἰς πάντα τά ἔθνη or εἰς ὅλον τόν κόσμον added, Mark 13:10; Mark 14:9; τόν λόγον, 2 Timothy 4:2; τό ῤῆμα τῆς πίστεως, Romans 10:8; τήν βασιλείαν τοῦ Θεοῦ, Luke 8:1; Luke 9:2; Acts 20:25 (here G L T Tr WH omit τοῦ Θεοῦ); Acts 28:31; βάπτισμα, the necessity of baptism, Mark 1:4; Luke 3:3; Acts 10:37; μετάνοιαν καί ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν, by public proclamation to exhort to repentance and promise the pardon of sins, Luke 24:47; ἵνα μετανοῶσιν (R G μετανοήσωσι) (see ἵνα, II. 2 b.; (Buttmann, 237 (204))), Mark 6:12. τινα τισί, to proclaim to persons one whom they are to become acquainted with in order to learn what they ought to do: Χριστόν, or τόν Ἰησοῦν, Acts 8:5; Acts 19:13; Philippians 1:15; 1 Corinthians 1:23; 2 Corinthians 4:5 (where it is opposed to ἑαυτόν κηρύσσομεν, to proclaim one's own excellence and authority); 2 Corinthians 11:4; passive, ὁ κηρυχθείς, 1 Timothy 3:16; with διά and the genitive of person added, 2 Corinthians 1:19; with the epexegetic addition, ὅτι οὗτος ἐστιν ὁ υἱός τοῦ Θεοῦ, Acts 9:20; ὅτι ἐκ νεκρῶν ἐγήγερται, 1 Corinthians 15:12; τίνι followed by ὅτι, Acts 10:42; κηρύσσων followed by λέγων (Matthew 3:2), with direct discourse, Matt. (Matthew 3:1 L T WH); Matthew 10:7; Mark 1:7; κηρύσσειν καί λέγειν followed by direct discourse, Matthew 3:1 (R G Tr brackets); Matthew 4:17; κηρύσσοντα ἐν (omitted in Rec.) φωνή μεγάλη, followed by direct discourse (of an angel as God's herald), Revelation 5:2; κηρύσσομεν with οὕτως added, 1 Corinthians 15:11. On this word see Zezschwitz, Petri apost. de Christi ad inferos descensu sententia. (Lipsius 1857), p. 31ff; (Campbell, Dissert. on the Gospels, diss. 6, pt. v. Compare: προκηρύσσω.)
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
3:1; 3:1; 3:2; 4:17; 4:23; 9:35; 10:7; 10:27; 11:1; 24:14; 26:13
Mark
1:4; 1:7; 1:14; 1:38; 1:39; 1:45; 3:14; 5:20; 6:12; 7:36; 13:10; 14:9; 16:15; 16:20
Luke
3:3; 4:18; 4:19; 4:19; 4:44; 8:1; 8:39; 9:2; 12:3; 24:47
Acts
8:5; 9:20; 10:37; 10:42; 15:21; 19:13; 20:25; 28:31
Romans
2:21; 10:8; 10:14; 10:15
1 Corinthians
1:23; 9:27; 15:11; 15:12
2 Corinthians
1:19; 4:5; 11:4
Galatians
2:2; 5:11
Philippians
1:15
Colossians
1:23
1 Thessalonians
2:9
1 Timothy
3:16
2 Timothy
4:2
1 Peter
3:19
Revelation
5:2

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G2784 matches the Greek κηρύσσω (kēryssō),
which occurs 61 times in 60 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 3:1 - In those days John the Baptist came to the Judean wilderness and began preaching. His message was,

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:17

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:17 - From then on Jesus began to preach, “Repent of your sins and turn to God, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 4:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 4:23 - Jesus traveled throughout the region of Galilee, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 9:35 - Jesus traveled through all the towns and villages of that area, teaching in the synagogues and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom. And he healed every kind of disease and illness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:7 - Go and announce to them that the Kingdom of Heaven is near.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 10:27 - What I tell you now in the darkness, shout abroad when daybreak comes. What I whisper in your ear, shout from the housetops for all to hear!

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 11:1 - When Jesus had finished giving these instructions to his twelve disciples, he went out to teach and preach in towns throughout the region.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 24:14

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 24:14 - And the Good News about the Kingdom will be preached throughout the whole world, so that all nations[fn] will hear it; and then the end will come.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:13 - I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached throughout the world, this woman’s deed will be remembered and discussed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:4 - This messenger was John the Baptist. He was in the wilderness and preached that people should be baptized to show that they had repented of their sins and turned to God to be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:7 - John announced: “Someone is coming soon who is greater than I am—so much greater that I’m not even worthy to stoop down like a slave and untie the straps of his sandals.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:14 - Later on, after John was arrested, Jesus went into Galilee, where he preached God’s Good News.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:38 - But Jesus replied, “We must go on to other towns as well, and I will preach to them, too. That is why I came.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:39 - So he traveled throughout the region of Galilee, preaching in the synagogues and casting out demons.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 1:45 - But the man went and spread the word, proclaiming to everyone what had happened. As a result, large crowds soon surrounded Jesus, and he couldn’t publicly enter a town anywhere. He had to stay out in the secluded places, but people from everywhere kept coming to him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 3:14 - Then he appointed twelve of them and called them his apostles.[fn] They were to accompany him, and he would send them out to preach,

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 5:20 - So the man started off to visit the Ten Towns[fn] of that region and began to proclaim the great things Jesus had done for him; and everyone was amazed at what he told them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:12 - So the disciples went out, telling everyone they met to repent of their sins and turn to God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 7:36 - Jesus told the crowd not to tell anyone, but the more he told them not to, the more they spread the news.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 13:10 - For the Good News must first be preached to all nations.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:9 - I tell you the truth, wherever the Good News is preached throughout the world, this woman’s deed will be remembered and discussed.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:15 - And then he told them, “Go into all the world and preach the Good News to everyone.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 16:20 - And the disciples went everywhere and preached, and the Lord worked through them, confirming what they said by many miraculous signs.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 3:3 - Then John went from place to place on both sides of the Jordan River, preaching that people should be baptized to show that they had repented of their sins and turned to God to be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:18 - “The Spirit of the LORD is upon me,
for he has anointed me to bring Good News to the poor.
He has sent me to proclaim that captives will be released,
that the blind will see,
that the oppressed will be set free,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:19

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:19 - and that the time of the LORD’s favor has come.[fn]”

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 4:44

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 4:44 - So he continued to travel around, preaching in synagogues throughout Judea.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:1 - Soon afterward Jesus began a tour of the nearby towns and villages, preaching and announcing the Good News about the Kingdom of God. He took his twelve disciples with him,

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 8:39 - “No, go back to your family, and tell them everything God has done for you.” So he went all through the town proclaiming the great things Jesus had done for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 9:2 - Then he sent them out to tell everyone about the Kingdom of God and to heal the sick.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 12:3 - Whatever you have said in the dark will be heard in the light, and what you have whispered behind closed doors will be shouted from the housetops for all to hear!

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 24:47

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 24:47 - It was also written that this message would be proclaimed in the authority of his name to all the nations,[fn] beginning in Jerusalem: ‘There is forgiveness of sins for all who repent.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 8:5 - Philip, for example, went to the city of Samaria and told the people there about the Messiah.

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 9:20 - And immediately he began preaching about Jesus in the synagogues, saying, “He is indeed the Son of God!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 10:37

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:37 - You know what happened throughout Judea, beginning in Galilee, after John began preaching his message of baptism.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 10:42 - And he ordered us to preach everywhere and to testify that Jesus is the one appointed by God to be the judge of all—the living and the dead.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 15:21 - For these laws of Moses have been preached in Jewish synagogues in every city on every Sabbath for many generations.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 19:13 - A group of Jews was traveling from town to town casting out evil spirits. They tried to use the name of the Lord Jesus in their incantation, saying, “I command you in the name of Jesus, whom Paul preaches, to come out!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 20:25 - “And now I know that none of you to whom I have preached the Kingdom will ever see me again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 28:31 - boldly proclaiming the Kingdom of God and teaching about the Lord Jesus Christ. And no one tried to stop him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 2:21 - Well then, if you teach others, why don’t you teach yourself? You tell others not to steal, but do you steal?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:8 - In fact, it says,
“The message is very close at hand;
it is on your lips and in your heart.”[fn] And that message is the very message about faith that we preach:

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:14 - But how can they call on him to save them unless they believe in him? And how can they believe in him if they have never heard about him? And how can they hear about him unless someone tells them?

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Unchecked Copy BoxRom 10:15 - And how will anyone go and tell them without being sent? That is why the Scriptures say, “How beautiful are the feet of messengers who bring good news!”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 1:23 - So when we preach that Christ was crucified, the Jews are offended and the Gentiles say it’s all nonsense.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 9:27 - I discipline my body like an athlete, training it to do what it should. Otherwise, I fear that after preaching to others I myself might be disqualified.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:11 - So it makes no difference whether I preach or they preach, for we all preach the same message you have already believed.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Co 15:12 - But tell me this—since we preach that Christ rose from the dead, why are some of you saying there will be no resurrection of the dead?

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Co 1:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Co 1:19 - For Jesus Christ, the Son of God, does not waver between “Yes” and “No.” He is the one whom Silas,[fn] Timothy, and I preached to you, and as God’s ultimate “Yes,” he always does what he says.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Co 4:5 - You see, we don’t go around preaching about ourselves. We preach that Jesus Christ is Lord, and we ourselves are your servants for Jesus’ sake.

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