ΚΗΡΥΚΩΝ, κηρυκων
KĒRYKŌN, kērykōn
Sounds Like: kay-RY-kohn
Translations: of heralds, of preachers, of proclaimers
From the root: ΚΗΡΥΞ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word is the genitive plural form of 'κῆρυξ' (kēryx), meaning 'herald' or 'preacher'. It refers to those who officially proclaim or announce something, acting as messengers or public criers. In a religious context, it can refer to those who preach or proclaim the Gospel. As a genitive plural, it indicates possession or origin, meaning 'belonging to heralds' or 'of heralds'.
Inflection: Genitive, Plural, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2783 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 21:40
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΗΡΥΞ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ΚΗΡΥΚ — herald, a herald, preacher, a preacher, proclaimer, a proclaimer
- ΚΗΡΥΚΑ — herald, a herald, preacher, a preacher, proclaimer, a proclaimer
- ΚΗΡΥΚΑΣ — herald, a herald, preacher, a preacher, proclaimer, a proclaimer
- ΚΗΡΥΚΕΣ — heralds, preachers, proclaimers
- ΚΗΡΥΚΟΣ — of a herald, of a preacher, of an announcer, of a proclaimer
- ΚΗΡΥΞ — herald, preacher, a herald, a preacher
- ΚΗΡΥΞʼ — herald, preacher, proclaimer, a herald, a preacher, a proclaimer
- ΤΕΚΗΡΥΞ — herald, a herald, preacher, a preacher, proclaimer, a proclaimer
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