Word

ἐρεύγομαι

ereúgomai · G2044 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. to proclaim, to announce

    To announce in a sudden and emphatic manner (with an implication of ‘blurting out’)

    Examples

    Matthew 13:35 This was so that what was spoken through the prophet would be fulfilled: “I WILL OPEN MY MOUTH IN PARABLES; I WILL PROCLAIM THINGS HIDDEN SINCE THE FOUNDATION OF THE WORLD.”

How it’s used In 3 roles

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Near synonyms 2 words
φθέγγομαι phthéngomai · G5350 · to speak, to utter
Greek verb meaning to utter or speak forth, semantically parallel to the figurative sense of ἐρεύγομαι as speaking out; both denote vocal utterance or proclamation
λαλέω laléō · G2980 · to speak, to say, to talk
Common Greek verb for speaking or uttering; can substitute for ἐρεύγομαι in contexts of vocal proclamation or speaking forth, though ἐρεύγομαι carries a more vivid, metaphorically forceful sense of "belching out" words rather than simply uttering them
In the other Testament 2 words
נָבַע nâbaʻ · H5042 · to gush, to cause to ferment
Hebrew verb used in Psalm 19:2 and 59:7 for pouring forth speech or utterance, corresponding to the figurative sense of ἐρεύγομαι as speaking out or uttering (cf. Psalm 78:2 LXX where ἐρεύγομαι translates נָבַע)
הָגָה hâgâh · H1897 · to remove, to produce a sound, to growl
Hebrew verb for uttering or speaking forth, used in Psalm 1:2 and elsewhere for utterance; semantically close to the proclamation/utterance sense of ἐρεύγομαι
Semantic domains 1 entry
To proclaim, to announce33.192
In Matthew 13:35, the parables Jesus speaks fulfill what was spoken through the prophet: “I WILL OPEN MY MOUTH IN PARABLES; I WILL PROCLAIM THINGS HIDDEN,” the sense of uttering or declaring something forth.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : future ἐρεύξομαι; 1. to spit or spue out (Homer). 2. to be emptied, discharge itself,…
: future ἐρεύξομαι;
1. to spit or spue out (Homer).
2. to be emptied, discharge itself, used of streams (Appendix Mithr c. 103); with the accusative to empty, discharge, cast forth, of rivers and waters: Lev 11:10 the Sept.
3. by a usage foreign to classic Greek (Winers Grammar, 23 (22f)), to pour forth words, to speak out, utter: Mt 13:35 (Ps 77:2; cf. Ps 18:3; (Alex.)). The word is more fully treated of by Lobeck ad Phryn., p. 63; (cf. Rutherford, New Phryn., p. 138).

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

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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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