ΚΗΡΥΚΑΣ, κηρυκας
KĒRYKAS, kērykas
Sounds Like: KAY-roo-kass
Translations: herald, a herald, preacher, a preacher, proclaimer, a proclaimer
From the root: ΚΗΡΥΞ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to a herald or a public messenger, someone who proclaims or announces something officially. It can also refer to a preacher or proclaimer of a message, especially in a religious context. It is used to describe someone who makes a public announcement or delivers a message on behalf of another.
Inflection: Singular, Accusative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2783 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
Polycarp of Smyrna
- Martyrdom of Polycarp — 2:4
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
- 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
- ΚΗΡΥΞʼ — herald, preacher, proclaimer, a herald, a preacher, a proclaimer
- ΤΕΚΗΡΥΞ — herald, a herald, preacher, a preacher, proclaimer, a proclaimer
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