Quick Definition
ἐπαγγελία, ας, ἡ n.f. a promise
Strong's Definition
from 1861; an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good)
KJV Usage: message, promise
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
noun, f. | -ας | ἀγγέλλω
33.288 · Communication · Promise
promise (derivative of ἐπαγγέλλομαι[a] ‘to promise,’ 33.286) the content of what is promised
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33.280 · Communication · Agree
agreement, approval the content of one’s agreement or approval In ἐπαγγελία[b] the focus is upon the communication of agreement or approval. One may, therefore, translate 'and are waiting for your approval ́ in ACT 23:21 as 'and are waiting for a message from you concerning your agreement ́ or 'and are waiting for word from you as to your approval. ́
1 The meaning of ἐπάγγελμα and ἐπαγγελία[a] focuses primarily upon the content of what is promised, that is to say, what God or someone will do, but the fact of promising is always a relevant element.
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπ-αγγελία, -as, ἡ, (emayyeAkw); 1. announcement: 1 Jn. i. 5 (Ree., where ἀγγελία was long since restored) ; κατ᾽ ἐπαγγελίαν ζωῆς τῆς ἐν Χριστῷ ᾿Ιησοῦ, to proclaim life in fellowship with Christ, 2 Tim. i. 1 [W. 402 (376); cf. κατά, Π. fin. But others give ἐπαγγ.: 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 τὴν ἀπὸ τινος ἐπαγγελίαν (assent; the reference is to a promise to surrender Pau! to the power and sentence of the Jews), Acts xxiii. 91; [add, ἐπαγγεAlas ὁ λόγος οὗτος, Ro. ix. 9]. It is used also of the divine promises of blessing, esp. of the benefits of salvation by Christ, [ef. Bp. Lghtft. on Gal. iii. 14]: Acts vii. 17; Ro. iv. 14, 16; [plur. Ro. ix. 4]; Gal. iii. 17 sq. 21; iv. 23; Heb. xi. 17; 2 Pet. iii. 9 (on which see βραδύνω. 5); Heb. viii. 6; xi. 9; foll. by the inf. Heb. iv. 1; γίνεταί 203; εἶναι ἐπαγγέλλω 2
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπαγγελία epangelia 52x
annunciation, 2 Tim. 1:1; a promise, act of promising, Acts 13:23, 32; 23:21; meton. the thing promised, promised favor and blessing, Lk. 24:49; Acts 1:4
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπ-αγγελία, -ας, ἡ
(< ἐπαγγέλλω), [in LXX: Ps 55(56):8 (סֵפֶר), etc. ;]
a summons (as Attic law-term, Dem., al.).
a promise (Dem., Arist., al.): Ac 23:21; esp. in NT of the divine promises, Ac 7:17, Ro 4:14, 16 9:4, Ga 3:17, 18, 21 4:23, He 8:6 11:9, 17, II Pe 3:9; c. inf., He 4:1; γίνεται, etc., c. dat. pers., Ac 2:39, Ro 4:13, Ga 3:16; seq. πρός, Ac 13:32 26:6; έπαγγέλεσθαι τὴν ἐ., I Jo 2:25; ἔχειν ἐπαγγελίας, He 7:6, II Co 7:1; εἷναι νἐ έπαγγελίᾳ, Eph 6:2; ἡ γῆ τῆς ἐ., He 11:9; τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐ., Ro 9:8, Ga 4:28; τ. πνεῦμα τῆς ἐ. τ. ἅγιον, Eph 1:13; αἱ διαθῆκαι τῆς ἐ., Eph 2:12; ἡ ἐ. τ. θεοῦ, Ro 4:20; pl., II Co 1:20; αἱ ἐ. τ. πατέρων, Ro 15:8; c. gen. obj., τ. ζωῆς (v. Dalman, Words, 103), I Ti 4:8; τ. παρουσίας αὐτοῦ, II Pe 3:4; κατ ̓ ἐπαγγελίαν, Ac 13:23, Ga 3:29, II Ti 1:1; δι ̓ ἐπαγγελίας, Ga 3:18; συμμέτοχα τῆς ἐ., Eph 3:6; λόγος ἐπαγγελίας, Ro 9:9. By meton. (cf. ἐλπίς), of a promised blessing: Lk 24:49, Ac 1:14, Ga 3:22, He 6:12, 15, 17 10:36 11:13, 33, 39; c. gen. epexeg., Ac 2:33 Ga 3:14, He 9:15 (Cremer, 27).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπαγγελία. For this word in its original sense of ‘‘ announcement ” we may cite Sy? 6057 (iii/B.c.) καὶ τοῖς ἀποδημοῦσιν ἐπὶ τὰς σπονδοφορίας διατελεῖ per εὐνοίας ἀπογράφων τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν, 2. 260° (not after B.C. 199) οἱ ἠιρημένοι ὑπὸ Maγνήτων περὶ τῆς ἐπαγγελίας τοῦ ἀγῶνος. In Arche! 473" (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 Przene 123° with reference toa magistrate who on taking office had promised a distribution of food—éBeBalwoev δὲ τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν παραστή[σ]ας μὲν τοῖς ἐντεμενίοις θεοῖς τὴν θυσίαν. In PSI IV. 281°8(ii/a.p.)
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπαγγελία (epangelia) — promise. ἐπαγγ-ελία, ἡ, command, summons, [Refs 2nd c.BC+] __b announcement, notice, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τοῦ ἀγῶνος [LXX]; variant in [NT]
2. as law-term, ἐ. (i.e. δοκιμασίας) summons to attend a δοκιμασία τῶν ῥητόρων (see. ἐπαγγέλλω [Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, notification, summons, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
3. offer, promise, profession, undertaking, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν ἐν ἐπαγγελίᾳ καταλιπών having left it as a promise, [Refs]; τὴν ἐ. ἐπὶ τέλος ἀγαγεῖν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὤμων ἐπαγγελίᾳ the promise of his shoulders, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐξ ἐ., ={ἐπαγγειλάμενος}, [Refs]; ἐ. ποιησάμενος ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων [Refs]; ἐβεβαίωσεν τὴν ἐ. [Refs]
4. indication, τοῦ ἐσομένου [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
5. plural, canvassing, = Latin ambitus, probably falsa lectio for{παρ-}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
6. ={ἐπάγγελμα} 2, subject of a treatise, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
7. the curative property claimed for prescriptions or drugs, ταῖς τῶν φαρμάκων ἐ. their advertised properties, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἐ. ἐπιτηδεύματος public exercise of a profession, Men.Prot.p.1D.