2001 Translation

KĒRYGMA, kērygma

Sounds Like: kee-ROOG-mah

Translations: proclamation, a proclamation, preaching, a preaching, message, a message

From the root: ΚΗΡΥΓΜΑ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to the act of proclaiming or the content of what is proclaimed. It is often used in the context of a public announcement, a divine message, or the preaching of the Gospel. It can be used to describe the message itself or the act of delivering it.

Inflection: Singular, Neuter, Nominative or Accusative or Genitive

Strong’s number: G2782 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• Jonah — 3:2
• Matthew — 12:41
• Luke — 11:32
• 1 Corinthians — 2:4, 15:14
• 2 Timothy — 4:17

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 12:8

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 113:6

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 2 Chronicles — 30:5
• Ezra (Alpha) — 9:3
• Jonah — 3:2

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 12:41
• Luke — 11:32
• Romans — 16:25
• 1 Corinthians — 2:4, 15:14
• 2 Timothy — 4:17

From the same root

Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΚΗΡΥΓΜΑ.

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.

• ΚΗΡΥΓΜΑΣΙ — (to) proclamations, (to) preachings, (to) announcements
• ΚΗΡΥΓΜΑΤΑ — proclamations, preachings, messages, announcements, a proclamation, a preaching, a message, an announcement
• ΚΗΡΥΓΜΑΤΙ — to a proclamation, to a preaching, to a message, to a declaration, to a herald's message
• ΚΗΡΥΓΜΑΤΟΣ — of a proclamation, of a preaching, of a message, of a declaration
• ΚΗΡΥΓΜΑΤΩΝ — of a proclamation, of a preaching, of a message, of a thing preached
• ΠΡΟΚΗΡΥΓΜΑ — proclamation, a proclamation, public notice, an edict, announcement, an announcement

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