Word

καταγγελεύς

katangeleús · G2604 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. herald, announcer, proclaimer

    (Derivative of καταγγέλλω ‘to proclaim,’) One who proclaims

    Examples

    Acts 17:18 And some of the Epicurean and Stoic philosophers as well were conversing with him. Some were saying, “What could this scavenger of tidbits want to say?” Others, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,”—because he was preaching Jesus and the resurrection.

How it’s used In 1 role

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Near synonyms 1 word
κῆρυξ kēryx · G2783 · preacher
A herald or public proclaimer; both καταγγελεύς and κῆρυξ refer to one who makes public proclamations, with κῆρυξ being the more common classical term for an official herald
In the other Testament 2 words
כְּרַז kᵉraz · H3745 · make a proclamation
Aramaic verb meaning 'to proclaim publicly' or 'herald,' used in Daniel 5:29 for official proclamation; the nominal form would be the natural Semitic equivalent for a proclaimer/herald
קָרָא qârâʼ · H7121 · to cry out, to read, to recite
Common Hebrew verb for proclaiming or calling out publicly; the participial form functions as 'one who proclaims,' semantically equivalent to καταγγελεύς
Semantic domains 1 entry
Herald, announcer, proclaimer33.205
In Acts 17:18, of the philosophers who heard Paul in Athens it is written that some said, “He seems to be a proclaimer of strange deities,” using this word for one who publicly announces or heralds something.
Word family 19 words

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

ἄγγελος ángelos · G32 · messenger, angel · 176×εὐαγγέλιον euangélion · G2098 · the good news, the gospel · 76×εὐαγγελίζω euangelízō · G2097 · to tell the good news, to announce the gospel · 54×ἐπαγγελία epangelía · G1860 · promise, agreement, approval · 52×ἀπαγγέλλω apangéllō · G518 · to tell, to report · 47×παραγγέλλω parangéllō · G3853 · to order, to command · 31×καταγγέλλω katangéllō · G2605 · to proclaim throughout, to announce, to speak out about · 18×ἐπαγγέλλω epangéllō · G1861 · to promise, to assert, to profess · 15×ἀναγγέλλω anangéllō · G312 · to announce, to inform, to tell · 13×παραγγελία parangelía · G3852 · order, instruction, command · 5×διαγγέλλω diangéllō · G1229 · to notify, to give notice of, to proclaim · 3×εὐαγγελιστής euangelistḗs · G2099 · evangelist · 3×ἀγγελία angelía · G31 · message, announcement · 2×ἐξαγγέλλω exangéllō · G1804 · to proclaim throughout, to announce, to speak out about · 2×ἐπάγγελμα epángelma · G1862 · promise · 2×προεπαγγέλλομαι proepangéllomai · G4279 · to promise beforehand · 2×προκαταγγέλλω prokatangéllō · G4293 · to foretell, to predict · 2×καταγγελεύςkatangeleús · G2604προευαγγελίζομαι proeuangelízomai · G4283 · to bring the good news ahead of time · 1×
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon καταγγελεως, ὁ (καταγγέλλω, which see), "announcer (Vulg.annuntiator), proclaimer: with…
καταγγελεως, ὁ (καταγγέλλω, which see), "announcer (Vulg.annuntiator), proclaimer: with the genitive of the object, Acts 17:18. (Ecclesiastical writings.)

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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