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G1862 ἐπάγγελμα (epángelma)
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Quick Definition

ἐπάγγελμα, ατος, τό n.n. a promise

Strong's Definition

from 1861; a self-committal (by assurance of conferring some good)

KJV Usage: promise

UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

noun, n. | -τος | ἀγγέλλω

33.288 · Communication · Promise

promise (derivative of ἐπαγγέλλομαι[a] ‘to promise,’ 33.286) the content of what is promised

2PE 1:4 · 2PE 3:13

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-άγγελμα, -ros, τό, (ἐπαγγέλλω), α promise: 2 Pet. i. 4; iii. 13. (Dem., Isoc., al.)

Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary

ἐπάγγελμα epangelma 2x

a promise, 2 Pet. 3:13; meton. promised favor or blessing, 2 Pet. 1:4*

Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon

* ἐπ-άγγελμα, -τος, τό

(< ἐπαγγέλλω),

a promise: II Pe 1:4 3:13.†

Liddell-Scott-Jones — Greek-English Lexicon

ἐπάγγελμα (epangelma) — a promise. ἐπάγγ-ελμα, ατος, τό, promise, profession, [Refs 5th c.BC+].; ἐπαγγέλματι, opposed to κατ᾽ ἀλήθειαν, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

2. subject of a treatise, that which it purports to contain, τὸ ἐ. τοῦ λόγου [Refs 1st c.BC+]

3. ={ἐπαγγελία} 7, [Refs 1st c.AD+]

4. art, profession, τὸ ἐ. τῆς ἀοτοποιΐας [Refs 2nd c.AD+]

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