- ἐπαγγέλλομαι
- ἐπαγγέλλομαι (s. prec. entry; freq. ‘announce, proclaim’; the act. since Hom.; the mid., which alone occurs in our lit., since Soph., Hdt., Thu.; ins, pap, LXX, TestSol 3:7; 20:2 P; TestAbr A 3 p. 79, 31 [Stone p. 6]; ApcMos 41; EpArist, Philo, Joseph., Just., Tat.) 1 aor. ἐπηγγειλάμην; pf. ἐπήγγελμαι, the latter also w. pass. mng. (cp. Kühner-G. I 120; s. 1b)① to declare to do someth. with implication of obligation to carry out what is stated, promise, offerⓐ of human promises and offers τινί τι promise someth. to someone (PTebt. 58, 32 [III B.C.]; 1 Macc 11:28; 2 Macc 4:8) ἐλευθερίαν τινί Hs 5, 2, 7; 2 Pt 2:19; ἐπαγγελίαν GJs 7:1.—Of the Sybil ὸ̔ ἐπηγγείλατο ὅραμα Hv 3, 2, 3. W. dat. and inf. foll. (cp. Polyb. 1, 46, 4; PTebt 411, 9; 3 Macc 1:4; Jos., C. Ap. 1, 57). ἐπηγγείλαντο αὐτῷ ἀργύριον δοῦναι they promised to give him money Mk 14:11 (cp. 2 Macc 4:27).ⓑ of God: promise (2 Macc 2:18; 3 Macc 2:10; PsSol) τὶ someth. Ro 4:21; Tit 1:2; ITr 11:2; τινί τι (Sb 7172, 27f. [217 B.C.] ἃ ἐπηγγείλαντο [the gods] αὐτῷ) Hv 5:7; Dg 10:2. στέφανον τῆς ζωῆς τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν Js 1:12; cp. 2:5 (ἧς ἐπηγγείλατο w. attraction of the relative=ἣν ἐ.). τὸ ποτήριον ὸ̔ ἐπηγγειλάμην σοι ApcPt Rainer 11. γῆν Χαναναίων AcPl Ha 8, 14. ἡ ἐπαγγελία, ἣν αὐτὸς ἐ. ἡμῖν what he himself has promised us 1J 2:25 (ἡ ἐπαγγελία, ἣν ἐ. τινι as Esth 4:7. Cp. also Diod S 15, 6, 5 ἐπηγγείλατο ἐπαγγελίαν); cp. Ac 7:17 v.l.; Hv 1, 3, 4 (s. Joly ad loc. on the punctuation); Hs 1:7. W. inf. foll. (Jos., Ant. 3, 23; Just. A I, 40, 7) Ac 7:5; 2 Cl 11:6; Hv 3, 1, 2. W. ὅτι foll. 1 Cl 32:2. W. λέγων foll. Hb 12:26. Abs. (the abs. use also PPetr I, 29, 12 [III B.C.]) make a promise τινί Hb 6:13. God is described as ὁ ἐπαγγειλάμενος 10:23; 11:11 (a Phrygian ins [IGR IV, 766] calls aspirants for a city office, who make all kinds of promises, οἱ ἐπανγειλάμενοι; Larfeld I 494).—Of faith πάντα ἐπαγγέλλεται Hm 9:10.—Pass. (Just., D. 106, 3 τὴν ἐπηγγελμένην … γῆν) τὸ σπέρμα, ᾧ ἐπήγγελται the offspring for whom the promise was intended Gal 3:19. ἐπηγγελμέναι δωρεαί promised gifts 1 Cl 35:4.② to claim to be well-accomplished in someth., profess, lay claim to, give oneself out as an expert in someth. w. acc. (X., Mem. 1, 2, 7 τ. ἀρετήν, Hell. 3, 4, 3 στρατιάν; Diog. L., prooem. 12 σοφίαν; Lucian, Vit. Auct. 7 τ. ἄσκησιν; Philo, Virt. 54 θεοῦ θεραπείαν; Tat. 23, 2; 36, 1; 42, 1) θεοσέβειαν devotion 1 Ti 2:10. γνῶσιν 6:21. πίστιν IEph 14:2; here also w. inf. foll. (cp. Wsd 2:13 γνῶσιν ἔχειν θεοῦ) Χριστοῦ εἶναι.—M-M. TW.
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