Quick Definition
ἐπαγγέλλομαι v. I promise, profess
Strong's Definition
from 1909 and the base of 32; to announce upon (reflexively), i.e. (by implication) to engage to do something, to assert something respecting oneself
KJV Usage: profess, (make) promise
UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament
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Thayer's Greek Lexicon
ἐπ-αγγέλλω : [pres. mid. ἐπαγγέλλομαι]: pf. pass. and mid. ἐπήγγελμαι; 1 aor. mid. ἐπηγγειλάμην ; from Hom. down ; 1. to announce. 2. to promise: pass. @ ἐπήγγελται, to whom the promise hath been made, Gal. iii. 19. Mid. to announce concerning one’s self; 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, Heb. x. 23 ; xi. 11; ἐπήγyeAra, he hath promised, foll. by λέγων, Heb. xii. 26; τινί, to give a promise to one, Heb. vi. 13; τί, Ro. iv. 21; Tit. i. 2; τινί τι, Jas. i. 12; ii. δ᾽; 2 Pet. ii. 19; ἐπαγγελίαν, to give a promise, 1 Jn. ii. 25 (Esth. iv. 7; [cf. W. 225 (211) ; B. 148 (129)]); foll. by the inf. [ef. W. § 44, 7¢.]: Mk. xiv. 11; Acts vii. 5. 2. to profess; τί, 6. . an art, to profess one’s self skilled in it (τὴν ἀρετήν. Xen. mem. 1, 2, 7; τὴν στρατιάν, Hell. 3, 4, 3; σοφίαν, Diog. Laért. 27 ἐπαίρω prooem. 12; σωφροσύνην, Clem. Al. paedag. 3, 4 p. 299, 27 ed. Klotz; [ef. L.and S. 5. v. 5]): θεοσέβειαν, 1 Tim. ii. 10; γνῶσιν, vi. 21. [Comp. προ-επαγγέλλω.]
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
ἐπαγγέλλομαι epangellomai 15x
to declare, to promise, undertake, Mk. 14:11; Rom. 4:21; to profess, 1 Tim. 2:10
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
ἐπ-αγγέλλω
[in LXX: Es 4:8 (אָמַר), Pr 13:12, Wi 2:13, al. ;]
to announce, proclaim.
to promise;
to profess. Mid., also freq. in both these senses;
to promise: c. dat. pers., He 6:13; c. acc rei, Ro 4:21, Tit 1:2; c. dat pers. et acc rei, Ja 1:12 2:5, II Pe 2:19; ἐπαγγελίαν, I Jo 2:25; c. inf., Mk 14:11, Ac 7:5; seq. λέγων, He 12:26; ptcp., He 10:23 11:11;
to profess: θεοσέβειαν, I Ti 2:10; γνῶσιν, I Ti 6:21. Pass., Ga 3:19 (cf. προ-επαγγέλλω; and v. Cremer, 26).†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
ἐπαγγέλλομαι, = ‘‘ promise,” as in Heb 1073, 1112, may be illustrated by P Petr I. 2915 (iii/B.c.) (= Witkowski?, p. 31) ἐχρησάμην δὲ kal παρὰ Atvews ἀρτάβας ὃ κριθοπύρων αὐτοῦ érayyehopévou καὶ φιλοτίμου ὄντος, P Tebt II. 411° (ii/A-pD.) εἰ μὴ ἐπηγγειλάμην σήμερόν σε παρέσασθαι, ‘had I not promised that you would be present to-day,” P Oxy I. 7118 (A.D. 303) ἅπερ διὰ τῶν αὐτῶν γραμματίων ἐπηγγίλατο ἀποδώσειν ἄνευ δίκης κτλ. Ramsay (Ax VII. viii. p. 19) draws attention to the use of the verb in 1 Tim 651 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. Cagzat IV. 766 (Mossyna in Phrygia—a.p. 80-100) (= C. and 8. i. p- 146) τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ of ἐπανγειλάμενοι καθὼς ὑπογέγραπται .-the names of the promisers being appended. The verb is also a kind of term. ¢ech. in the inscrr. for the announcement of public sacrifices, e.g. Sy// 258*® (iii/B.c.) tots ἐπαγγέλλοσι τὰν θυσίαν καὶ ἐκεχηρίαν τᾶς ᾿Αρτέμιδος : cf. 1 Tim 210 and Philo de Human. τ (=TII. p. 384 ed. Mangey) ἐπαγγέλλεται θεοῦ θεραπείαν.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon
ἐπαγγέλλω (epangellō) — to profess. ἐπαγγ-έλλω, aorist passive -ηγγέλθην[Refs]—tell, proclaim, announce, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; especially proclaim by authority, notify publicly, ἐ. [τὴν ἐκεχειρίαν] [Refs 5th c.BC+]:— passive, to be proclaimed, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; βουλῆς -θείσης a meeting having been summoned, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]:—middle, cause proclamation to be made, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
2. give orders, command, absolutely, [Refs]: c.accusative et infinitive, give orders that.., ἐπαγγείλας τοὺς Αακεδαιμονίους παρεῖναι[Refs 5th c.BC+]: with dative et infinitive, order one to do, [Refs 4th c.BC+] with accusative _of things_, στρατιὰν ἐς τοὺς ξυμμάχους ἐ. send them orders to furnish their contingents, [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, ἐπαγγέλλεσθαί τινι ἑτοιμάζειν στρατιήν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—passive, τὸ ἐπαγγελλόμενον [Refs]
3. as law-term, properly δοκιμασίαν ἐ. denounce and summon to a δοκιμασία τῶν ῥητόρων one who, having incurred ἀτιμία, yet takes part in public affairs (see. ἐπαγγελία [Refs 5th c.BC+]
4. promise, offer, ξείνοις δεῖπνα [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—more frequently in middle, promise unasked (opposed to ὑπισχνέομαι) or offer of one's free will, ἐ. τι ἐς τὴν δωρεὴν τοῖσι ἀδελφεοῖσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἁπηγγελλόμην what I was proposing, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: with infinitive, promise or offer, ξυμπολεμεῖν [Refs 5th c.BC+]; διαθήκας ἀποφαίνειν (-φανεῖν Dobree) [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἐ. ὅ τι χρὴ δρᾶν offering (to do) what in justice he ought to do, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
5. middle, profess, make profession of, with accusative, ἀρετήν [NT+5th c.BC+]; especially of Sophists, as in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; [γνῶσιν] [NT]: with infinitive, ἐ. ἀποκρίνεσθαι ὅ τι ἄν τίς σε ἐρωτᾷ [Refs 5th c.BC+]; and absolutely, profess an art, [Refs 5th c.BC+]
6. demand, require, conjecture in [Refs 1st c.BC+]:—middle, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; but, ask a favour, [Refs]