ἀπαγγέλλω
apangéllō · G518 · Greek · 47 occurrences
Meanings
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to tell, to inform
To provide otherwise unknown information
ExamplesMatthew 2:8 And he sent them to Bethlehem and said, “Go and search carefully for the Child; and when you have found Him, report to me, so that I too may come and worship Him.”
Matthew 8:33 And the herdsmen ran away, and went to the city and reported everything, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men.
Matthew 11:4 Jesus answered and said to them, “Go and report to John what you hear and see:
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to order or command
To announce what must be done
ExamplesActs 17:30 “So having overlooked the times of ignorance, God is now proclaiming to mankind that all people everywhere are to repent,
How it’s used In 6 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
45 occurrences in 21 groups
- Not stated: they 10
- Not stated: you (more than one) 5
- Not stated: he, she or it 4
- Not stated (participle) 4
- Not stated: I 3
- Not stated (infinitive) 3
- Other words · 15 groups that occur once or twice (16) 16
What it acts on, or what is saidObject
33 occurrences in 31 groups
- ἀκούωto hear 3
- οὗτοςthis 3
- Other words · 29 groups that occur once or twice (36) 36
To or for whomIndirect object
32 occurrences in 20 groups
- αὐτόςhe, she, it, same 8
- ἐγώI, we 3
- ἸωάννηςJohn 3
- σύyou 3
- ἀδελφόςbrother 3
- Other words · 15 groups that occur once or twice (17) 17
With prepositionsPrepositional phrases
8 occurrences in 8 groups
- διάthrough+ λόγοςword, saying, message 1
- ἐνin+ ἡμέραday 1
- ἐνώπιονin front of+ λαόςpeople 1
- περίconcerning, about, for+ Γαλιλαῖοςa Galilean 1
- περίconcerning, about, for+ ἐγώI, we 1
- περίconcerning, about, for+ οὗτοςthis 1
With adverbsAdverbs
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ὅτιthat, because 1
What is done to itIt is the object
6 occurrences in 3 groups
- ἔπωto say 2
- ἔχωto have 2
- λέγωto say 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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In the other Testament 1 word
- נָגַד nâgad · H5046 · to tell, to inform, to report
- נָגַד (nâgad, H5046) and ἀπαγγέλλω (apangéllō, G518) share the core semantic field of declaring or announcing information, with נָגַד (nâgad, H5046) encompassing a broader range of reporting and showing forth while ἀπαγγέλλω (apangéllō, G518) specifically denotes the act of announcing or bringing back a report.
Semantic domains 2 entries
- To tell, to inform33.189
- In Matthew 8:33, after Jesus casts demons into a herd of pigs, “the herdsmen ran away, and went to the city and reported (apḗngeilan) everything, including what had happened to the demon-possessed men,” describing a plain report of events witnessed firsthand.
- To tell, to inform33.198
- In Matthew 11:4, Jesus answers John's disciples, “Go and report (apangeílate) to John what you hear and see,” instructing them to carry a specific message back to a third party awaiting word.
Word family 19 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon imperfect ἀπήγγελλον; future ἀπαγγελῶ; 1 aorist ἀπήγγειλα; 2 aorist passive ἀπηγγελην (Lk…
1. ἀπό τίνος to bring tidings (from a person or thing), bring word, report: Jn 4:51 (R G L Tr brackets); Acts 4:23; Acts 5:22; (); with the dative of the person, Mt 2:8; Mt 14:12; Mt 28:8 (8 (9) Rec.), ; Mk 16:1,; Acts 5:25; Acts 11:13; (Acts 23:16, Acts 23:19); τίνι τί (Mt 11:4; Mt 28:11 (here Tdf. ἀναγγέλλω)); Mark ( (L marginal reading R G ἀναγγέλλω)); ; Luke (Lk 7:22; ); Lk 14:21; ; Acts 11:13; (Acts 12:17; L T Tr WH; ); τίνι followed by ὅτι, Lk 18:37; (Jn 20:18 R G; followed by πῶς, Lk 8:36); τί πρός τινα, Acts 16:36; τίνι περί τίνος, Lk 7:18; Lk 13:1; τί περί τίνος, Acts 28:21; (followed by λέγων and direct discourse, Acts 22:26); followed by the accusative with an infinitive, Acts 12:14; εἰς with an accusative of place, to carry tidings to a place, Mk 5:14 (Rec. ἀνήγγειλαν); Lk 8:34; with addition of an accusative of the thing announced, Mt 8:33, (Xenophon, an. 6, 2 (4), 25; Josephus, Antiquities 5, 11, 3; εἰς τούς ἀνθρώπους, Amos 4:13 the Sept.).
2. to proclaim (ἀπό, because what one announces he openly lays, as it were, off from himself, cf. German abkündigen), to make known openly, declare: universally, περί τίνος, 1 Thess 1:9; (τίνι περί τοῦ, Jn 16:25 L T Tr WH); by teaching, τί, 1 Jn 1:2f; by teaching and commanding, τίνι τί, Mt 8:33; τίνι, with infinitive, Acts 26:20; (xvii. 30 T WH Tr marginal reading); by avowing and praising, Lk 8:47; τίνι τί, Heb 2:12 (Ps. 21(22):Ps 21:23 (yet the Sept. διηγήσομαι)); (Mt 12:18); followed by ὅτι, 1 Cor 14:25.
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain
Topical studies with this word 2 entries
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
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