2001 Translation

KĒRYX, kēryx

Sounds Like: KAY-roox

Translations: herald, preacher, a herald, a preacher

From the root: ΚΗΡΥΞ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to a herald or a public crier, someone who makes a proclamation or announcement. It can also refer to a preacher or evangelist, someone who proclaims a message, especially a divine one. It is typically used for a person who officially announces something or delivers a message publicly.

Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G2783 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Clement of Alexandria

• Exhortation to the Greeks (Protrepticus) — 1:38

Clement of Rome

• Clement’s First Letter — 5:6

Codex Sinaiticus

• Sirach — 20:15
• 2 Timothy — 1:11

Justin Martyr

• Dialogue with Trypho the Jew — 49:3, 88:2

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• Genesis — 41:43
• Sirach — 20:15
• Daniel (Theodotion) — 3:4
• Daniel (Old Greek) — 3:4

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• 1 Timothy — 2:7
• 2 Timothy — 1:11

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
• ΚΗΡΥΞʼ — herald, preacher, proclaimer, a herald, a preacher, a proclaimer
• ΤΕΚΗΡΥΞ — herald, a herald, preacher, a preacher, proclaimer, a proclaimer

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