ΚΗΡΥΞʼ, κηρυξʼ
KĒRYXʼ, kēryxʼ
Sounds Like: KAY-roox
Translations: herald, preacher, proclaimer, a herald, a preacher, a proclaimer
From the root: ΚΗΡΥΞ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a herald, a public crier, or an official messenger who makes proclamations. In a religious context, it often refers to a preacher or proclaimer of the Gospel. It is used to describe someone who publicly announces or declares a message, often with authority.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2783 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- 1 Timothy — 2:7
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
- ΚΗΡΥΚΩΝ — of heralds, of preachers, of proclaimers
- ΚΗΡΥΞ — herald, preacher, a herald, a preacher
- ΤΕΚΗΡΥΞ — herald, a herald, preacher, a preacher, proclaimer, a proclaimer
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