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Strong's G1861 ἐπαγγέλλω (epangello)

Epangello means “profess” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's H1861 — dorbon (“goad”) in the Hebrew Bible.

First usage Interlinear Bible Septuagint Bible
Strong's Number G1861
Language Greek
Linked Usages 26
Books 17

Strong's G1861 Quick Answer

Strong's G1861 ἐπαγγέλλω (epaggello) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. epaggello (ep-ang-el'-lo) v. 1. to announce upon (reflexively) 2. (by implication) to engage to do something, to assert something respecting oneself It has 26 linked Bible usages across 17 books. Visible English usage signals include promised, promise, king, talents, and life. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

Meaning
epaggello (ep-ang-el'-lo) v. 1. to announce upon (reflexively) 2. (by implication) to engage to do something, to assert something respecting oneself
Usage
26 linked usages
Books
17 indexed books
Corpus
New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Usage Words
promised, promise, king, talents, and life

Meaning and Definition

epaggello (ep-ang-el'-lo) v. 1. to announce upon (reflexively) 2. (by implication) to engage to do something, to assert something respecting oneself [from G1909 and the base of G32] KJV: profess, (make) promise Root(s): G1909, G32

Original Word
ἐπαγγέλλω
Transliteration
epaggello
Derivation
Root: ἄγγελος R1: 1909 R2: 32
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G1861. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Greek Lexicon (Abbott-Smith based)

to profess

Usage: ἐπ-αγγέλλω [in LXX: Est.4:8 (אָמַר), Pro.13:12, Wis.2:13, al. ;] __1. to announce, proclaim. __2. (a) to promise; __(b) to profess. Mid., also frequently in both these senses; __(with) to promise: with dab. of person(s), Heb.6:13; with accusative of thing(s), Rom.4:21, Tit.1:2; with dative of person(s) and accusative of thing(s), Jas.1:12 2:5, 2Pe.2:19; ἐπαγγελίαν, 1Jn.2:25; with inf., Mrk.14:11, Act.7:5; before λέγων, Heb.12:26; ptcp., Heb.10:23 11:11; __(d) to profess: θεοσέβειαν, 1Ti.2:10; γνῶσιν, 1Ti.6:21.

Pass., Gal.3:19 (cf. προ-επαγγέλλω; and see Cremer, 26).† (AS)

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English Usage Signals

Frequent English words from the visible usage excerpts. These are not a replacement for the original-language definition, but they make the usage pattern easier to scan.

promised promise king talents life give would also faith god made good

How Strong's G1861 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, and Septuagint / Greek Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is New Testament with 15 linked usages.
  • This page lets readers compare New Testament usage with Septuagint / Greek Old Testament usage, which is a key THF advantage over narrower Strong's pages.
  • Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha rows are counted separately so readers can decide how those texts relate to the main word study.

In the Septuagint (LXX)

Strong's G1861 (ἐπαγγέλλω) appears 11 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.

Sample Septuagint occurrences:

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Strong's G1861 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's G1861 in the New Testament

15 indexed usages in New Testament.

Mark 14:11 KJV

And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.

Acts 7:5 KJV

And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.

Romans 4:21 KJV

And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.

Strong's G1861 in the Septuagint / Greek Old Testament

2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.

Esther 4:7 Septuagint / Brenton

And Mordecai showed him what was done, and the promise which Haman had made the king of ten thousand talents to be paid into the treasury, that he might destroy the Jews.

Proverbs 13:12 Septuagint / Brenton

Than he that promises and leads another to hope: For a good desire is a tree of life.

Strong's G1861 in the deuterocanonical books / Apocrypha

9 indexed usages in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

1 Maccabees 11:28 Septuagint / Brenton

Then Jonathan desired the king, that he would make Judea free from tribute, as also the three governments, with the country of Samaria; and he promised him three hundred talents.

2 Maccabees 2:18 Septuagint / Brenton

as he promised in the law, will shortly have mercy upon us, and gather us together out of every land under heaven into the holy place: for he hath delivered us out of great troubles, and hath purified the place.

2 Maccabees 4:8 Septuagint / Brenton

promising unto the king by intercession three hundred and threescore talents of silver, and of another revenue eighty talents:

Usage Excerpts

First 26 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G1861.

Esther 4:7 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
And Mordecai showed him what was done, and the promise which Haman had made the king of ten thousand talents to be paid into the treasury, that he might destroy the Jews.
Proverbs 13:12 Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, Septuagint / Brenton
Than he that promises and leads another to hope: For a good desire is a tree of life.
Mark 14:11 New Testament, KJV
And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
Acts 7:5 New Testament, KJV
And he gave him none inheritance in it, no, not so much as to set his foot on: yet he promised that he would give it to him for a possession, and to his seed after him, when as yet he had no child.
Romans 4:21 New Testament, KJV
And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
Galatians 3:19 New Testament, KJV
Wherefore then serveth the law? It was added because of transgressions, till the seed should come to whom the promise was made; and it was ordained by angels in the hand of a mediator.
1 Timothy 2:10 New Testament, KJV
But (which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
1 Timothy 6:21 New Testament, KJV
Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen.
Titus 1:2 New Testament, KJV
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
Hebrews 6:13 New Testament, KJV
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
Hebrews 10:23 New Testament, KJV
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering; (for he is faithful that promised;)
Hebrews 11:11 New Testament, KJV
Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.
Hebrews 12:26 New Testament, KJV
Whose voice then shook the earth: but now he hath promised, saying, Yet once more I shake not the earth only, but also heaven.
James 1:12 New Testament, KJV
Blessed is the man that endureth temptation: for when he is tried, he shall receive the crown of life, which the Lord hath promised to them that love him.
James 2:5 New Testament, KJV
Hearken, my beloved brethren, Hath not God chosen the poor of this world rich in faith, and heirs of the kingdom which he hath promised to them that love him?
2 Peter 2:19 New Testament, KJV
While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage.
1 John 2:25 New Testament, KJV
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
1 Maccabees 11:28 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
Then Jonathan desired the king, that he would make Judea free from tribute, as also the three governments, with the country of Samaria; and he promised him three hundred talents.
2 Maccabees 2:18 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
as he promised in the law, will shortly have mercy upon us, and gather us together out of every land under heaven into the holy place: for he hath delivered us out of great troubles, and hath purified the place.
2 Maccabees 4:8 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
promising unto the king by intercession three hundred and threescore talents of silver, and of another revenue eighty talents:
2 Maccabees 4:27 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
So Menelaus got the principality: but as for the money that he had promised unto the king, he took no good order for it, albeit Sostratus the ruler of the castle required it:
2 Maccabees 4:45 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
but Menelaus, being now convicted, promised Ptolemy the son of Dorymenes to give him much money, if he would pacify the king toward him.
3 Maccabees 1:4 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
A fierce battle then took place; and the men of Antiochus prevailing, Arsinoe continually went up and down the ranks, and with disheveled hair, with tears and entreaties, begged the soldiers to fight manfully for themselves, their children, and wives; and promised that if they proved conquerors, she would give them two minas of gold apiece.
3 Maccabees 2:10 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
And thou didst promise, out of love to the house of Israel, that should we fall away from thee, and become afflicted, and then come to this house and pray, thou wouldest hear our prayer.
Wisdom of Solomon 2:13 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
He professeth to have the knowledge of God: And he calleth himself the child of the Lord.
Wisdom of Sirach 20:23 Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha, Septuagint / Brenton
There is that for bashfulness promiseth to his friend, And maketh him his enemy for nothing.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's G1861, grouped by book.

Esther 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Esther 4:7
Proverbs 1 usage, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament
Proverbs 13:12
Mark 1 usage, New Testament
Mark 14:11
Acts 1 usage, New Testament
Acts 7:5
Romans 1 usage, New Testament
Romans 4:21
Galatians 1 usage, New Testament
Galatians 3:19
1 Timothy 2 usages, New Testament
1 Timothy 2:10 1 Timothy 6:21
Titus 1 usage, New Testament
Titus 1:2
Hebrews 4 usages, New Testament
Hebrews 6:13 Hebrews 10:23 Hebrews 11:11 Hebrews 12:26
James 2 usages, New Testament
James 1:12 James 2:5
2 Peter 1 usage, New Testament
2 Peter 2:19
1 John 1 usage, New Testament
1 John 2:25
1 Maccabees 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
1 Maccabees 11:28
2 Maccabees 4 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
2 Maccabees 2:18 2 Maccabees 4:8 2 Maccabees 4:27 2 Maccabees 4:45
3 Maccabees 2 usages, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
3 Maccabees 1:4 3 Maccabees 2:10
Wisdom of Solomon 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Solomon 2:13
Wisdom of Sirach 1 usage, Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha
Wisdom of Sirach 20:23

Strong's G1861 FAQ

What does epangello (ἐπαγγέλλω) mean?

Epangello (Strong's G1861) is a Greek word most simply glossed "profess". epaggello (ep-ang-el'-lo) v. 1. to announce upon (reflexively) 2. (by implication) to engage to do something, to assert something respecting oneself

How many times is epangello (ἐπαγγέλλω) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 26 linked usages for Strong's G1861 across 17 books.

Where can I study epangello (ἐπαγγέλλω) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G1861 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.

What English words translate epangello (ἐπαγγέλλω)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as promised, promise, king, talents, life, and give. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.

Does Strong's G1861 appear in the Septuagint or deuterocanonical books?

Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 9 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G1861, with linked reader references where each row is available.