Epangéllō — G1861

Definition

verb

to announce upon (reflexively), i.e. (by implication) to engage to do something, to assert something respecting oneself

1. to announce
2. to promise
3. to announce that one is about to do or to furnish something, i. e. to promise (of one's own accord), to engage (voluntarily)
4. to profess

Usually translated as

promise, profess

Origin

from G1909 and the base of G32

• epí (G1909)
• ángelos (G32)

Occurrences

Epangéllō occurs 15 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Mark (1), Acts (1), Romans (1), Galatians (1), 1 Timothy (2), Titus (1), Hebrews (4), James (2), 2 Peter (1), 1 John (1)

• Mark 14:11 — And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised (ἐπηγγείλαντο) to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
• Acts 7:5 — And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised (ἐπηγγείλατο) that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
• Romans 4:21 — And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised (ἐπήγγελται), he was able also to perform.
• Galatians 3:19 — Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made (ἐπήγγελται); and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
• 1 Timothy 2:10 — But (which becometh women professing (ἐπαγγελλομέναις) godliness) with good works.
• 1 Timothy 6:21 — Which some professing (ἐπαγγελλόμενοι) have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
• Titus 1:2 — In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised (ἐπηγγείλατο) before the world began;
• Hebrews 6:13 — For when God made promise (ἐπαγγειλάμενος) to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
• Hebrews 10:23 — Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised (ἐπαγγειλάμενος);)
• Hebrews 11:11 — Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised (ἐπαγγειλάμενον).
• Hebrews 12:26 — Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised (ἐπήγγελται), saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
• James 1:12 — Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised (ἐπηγγείλατο) to them that love him.
• James 2:5 — Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised (ἐπηγγείλατο) to them that love him?
• 2 Peter 2:19 — While they promise (ἐπαγγελλόμενοι) them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
• 1 John 2:25 — And this is the promise that he hath promised (ἐπηγγείλατο) us, even eternal life.