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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