ΤΕΚΗΡΥΞ, τεκηρυξ
TEKĒRYX, tekēryx
Sounds Like: KEH-roox
Translations: herald, a herald, preacher, a preacher, proclaimer, a proclaimer
From the root: ΚΗΡΥΞ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word appears to be a misspelling or a garbled form of 'ΚΗΡΥΞ' (keryx), which means 'herald' or 'preacher'. A herald was an official messenger who made public proclamations, often on behalf of a king or authority. In a broader sense, it can refer to anyone who proclaims or preaches a message.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Masculine
Strong’s number: G2783 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Unknown: Yes
Instances
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Three — 5:23
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
- ΚΗΡΥΞʼ — herald, preacher, proclaimer, a herald, a preacher, a proclaimer
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