ἐπάγγελμα
epángelma · G1862 · Greek · 2 occurrences
Meanings
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promise
(Derivative of ἐπαγγέλλομαι ‘to promise,’) The content of what is promised
Examples2 Peter 1:4 Through these He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world on account of lust.
2 Peter 3:13 But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.
How it’s used In 4 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 1
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- μέγαςgreat, large 1
- τίμιοςvaluable 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- δωρέομαιto give 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- κατάaccording to, against, down 2
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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Semantic domains 1 entry
- Promise33.288
- This noun denotes the content of a divine assurance, used of Peter's description of the precious and magnificent promises God has granted so that believers may become partakers of the divine nature — "He has granted to us His precious and magnificent promises, so that by them you may become partakers of the divine nature" (2 Peter 1:4).
Word family 19 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐπαγγελματος, τό (ἐπαγγέλλω), a promise: 2 Pet 1:4; 2 Pet 3:13. (Demosthenes, Isocrates,…
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
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
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