προευαγγελίζομαι
proeuangelízomai · G4283 · Greek · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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to bring the good news ahead of time
To spread good news in advance of its happening (in the NT, restricted in reference to the good news about Jesus Christ)
ExamplesGalatians 3:8 The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE BLESSED IN YOU.”
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
- γραφήScripture, the Scriptures 1
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἐνευλογέωto act kindly toward 1
To or for whomIndirect object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ἈβραάμAbraham 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 1 word
- προκηρύσσω prokērýssō · G4296 · to preach beforehand
- A distinct compound verb (κηρύσσω + πρό-) that expresses public proclamation in advance; while κηρύσσω emphasizes heralding/proclamation rather than specifically 'good news,' προκηρύσσω overlaps functionally with προευαγγελίζομαι in contexts of advance announcement of divine purposes.
In the other Testament 1 word
- בָּשַׂר bâsar · H1319 · to bring news, to announce, to proclaim
- The standard Hebrew verb for announcing good news/gospel message; the LXX regularly renders בָּשַׂר with εὐαγγελίζω, making it the natural Hebrew equivalent for the Greek gospel-announcement terminology including this compound with πρό-.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- To bring the good news ahead of time33.216
- The verb describes announcing good news in advance of its full realization. Paul's argument concerning Abraham's justification uses this term: “The Scripture, foreseeing that God would justify the Gentiles by faith, preached the gospel beforehand to Abraham, saying, “ALL THE NATIONS WILL BE BLESSED IN YOU”” (Galatians 3:8).
Word family 19 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon : 1 aorist 3 person singular προευηγγελίσατο; to announce or promise glad tidings…
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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