Word

ἐξηχέομαι

exēchéomai · G1837 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

to proclaim

To cause something to sound forth

Examples
1 Thessalonians 1:8 For the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place the news of your faith toward God has gone out, so that we have no need to say anything.

How it’s used In 3 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

1 occurrences in 1 groups

λόγοςword, saying, message 1

With prepositionsPrepositional phrases

1 occurrences in 3 groups

ἐνin+ ΜακεδονίαMacedonia 1
ἐνin+ ἈχαΐαAchaia 1
ἀπόfrom+ σύyou 1

With adverbsAdverbs

1 occurrences in 1 groups

οὐnot 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 2 words

διαφημίζω diaphēmízō · G1310 · to spread information about, to spread the news about: Both verbs describe the spreading or publication of news/report widely. ἐξηχέομαι emphasizes the 'sounding forth' or 'echoing' aspect, while διαφημίζω emphasizes the spreading or blazing abroad, but both convey wide dissemination of information.
διαγγέλλω diangéllō · G1229 · to notify, to give notice of, to proclaim: Both verbs describe the proclamation or spreading of a message widely. ἐξηχέομαι uses the metaphor of sound 'echoing forth,' while διαγγέλλω focuses on the act of announcing or declaring throughout a region, but both convey broad dissemination.

Semantic domains 1 entry

To proclaim33.222: This verb describes news or a message being widely and publicly proclaimed, used of Paul's commendation of the Thessalonians because the word of the Lord has sounded forth from them into every place — "the word of the Lord has sounded forth from you, not only in Macedonia and Achaia, but in every place" (1 Thessalonians 1:8).

Word family 4 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ἦχος ēchos · G2279 · sound, noise, report · 4×κατηχέω katēchéō · G2727 · to instruct, to teach, to report · 8×ἐξηχέομαιexēchéomai · G1837ἠχέω ēchéō · G2278 · to produce a sound, to make noise, brass gong · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐξήχω: to sound forth, emit sound, resound; passive ἐξηχειται τί the sound of something…

ἐξήχω: to sound forth, emit sound, resound; passive ἐξηχειται τί the sound of something is borne forth, is propagated: ἀφ' ὑμῶν ἐξήχεται ὁ λόγος τοῦ κυρίου, from your city or from your church the word of the Lord has sounded forth i. e. has been disseminated by report, 1 Thess 1:8, cf. DeWette at the passage (Joel 3:14 (Joel 4:19>); Sir. 40:13; 3Macc. 3:2. Polybius 30, 4, 7 (not Dindorf); Philo in Flacc. § 6; (quis rer. div. her. § 4); Byzantine.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Assert, Declare1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0