Epangelía — G1860

G1860 · Greek — ἐπαγγελία

Pronunciation: ep-ang-el-ee'-ah

Definition

feminine noun

an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good)

  1. announcement
  2. promise
    1. the act of promising, a promise given or to be given
    2. by metonymy, a promised good or blessing

Usually translated as

promise, message

Origin

from G1861

Occurrences

Epangelía occurs 53 times in 51 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Luke (1), Acts (8), Romans (8), 2 Corinthians (2), Galatians (9), Ephesians (4), 1 Timothy (1), 2 Timothy (1), Hebrews (13), 2 Peter (2), 1 John (2)

Strong's Lexicon — E