ἐπ-αγγελία, -ας, ἡ (ἐπαγγέλλω), [in LXX: Psa.56:8 (סֵפֶר), etc. ;] 1. a summons (as Attic law-term, Dem., al.). 2. a promise (Dem., Arist., al.): Act.23:21; esp. in NT of the divine promises, Act.7:17, Rom.4:14, 16 Rom.9:4, Gal.3:17-18, 21 4:23, Heb.8:6 11:9, 17, 2Pe.3:9; with inf., Heb.4:1; γίνεται, etc., with dative of person(s), Act.2:39, Rom.4:13, Gal.3:16; before πρός, Act.13:32 26:6; έπαγγέλεσθαι τὴν ἐ., 1Jn.2:25; ἔχειν ἐπαγγελίας, Heb.7:6, 2Co.7:1; εἷναι νἐ έπαγγελίᾳ, Eph.6:2; ἡ γῆ τῆς ἐ., Heb.11:9; τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐ., Rom.9:8, Gal.4:28; τ. πνεῦμα τῆς ἐ. τ. ἅγιον, Eph.1:13; αἱ διαθῆκαι τῆς ἐ., Eph.2:12; ἡ ἐ. τ. θεοῦ, Rom.4:20; pl., 2Co.1:20; αἱ ἐ. τ. πατέρων, Rom.15:8; with genitive obj., τ. ζωῆς (see Dalman, Words, 103), 1Ti.4:8; τ. παρουσίας αὐτοῦ, 2Pe.3:4; κατ ̓ ἐπαγγελίαν, Act.13:23, Gal.3:29, 2Ti.1:1; δι ̓ ἐπαγγελίας, Gal.3:18; συμμέτοχα τῆς ἐ., Eph.3:6; λόγος ἐπαγγελίας, Rom.9:9. By meton. (cf. ἐλπίς), of a promised blessing: Luk.24:49, Act.1:14, Gal.3:22, Heb.6:12-17 10:36 11:13, 33 11:39; with genitive epexeg., Act.2:33 Gal.3:14, Heb.9:15 (Cremer, 27).† (AS)
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G1860 — ἐπαγγελία
epangelia · promise · Greek
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Luke 24:49 · ἐπαγγελίανBehold, I send forth the promise of my Father on you. But wait in the city of Jerusalem until you are clothed with power from on high.”Acts 1:4 · ἐπαγγελίανBeing assembled together with them, he commanded them, “Don’t depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which you heard from me.Acts 2:33 · ἐπαγγελίανBeing therefore exalted by the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he has poured out this, which you now see and hear.Acts 2:39 · ἐπαγγελίαFor the promise is to you, and to your children, and to all who are far off, even as many as the Lord our God will call to himself.”Acts 7:17 · ἐπαγγελίας“But as the time of the promise came close which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,Acts 13:23 · ἐπαγγελίανFrom this man’s seed, God has brought salvation to Israel according to his promise,Acts 13:32 · ἐπαγγελίανWe bring you good news of the promise made to the fathers,Acts 23:21 · ἐπαγγελίαν.¶Therefore don’t yield to them, for more than forty men lie in wait for him, who have bound themselves under a curse neither to eat nor to drink until they have killed him. Now they are ready, looking for the promise from you.”Acts 26:6 · ἐπαγγελίαςNow I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,Romans 4:13 · ἐπαγγελίαFor the promise to Abraham and to his seed that he should be heir of the world wasn’t through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.Romans 4:14 · ἐπαγγελία·For if those who are of the law are heirs, faith is made void, and the promise is made of no effect.Romans 4:16 · ἐπαγγελίανFor this cause it is of faith, that it may be according to grace, to the end that the promise may be sure to all the seed, not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us all.Romans 4:20 · ἐπαγγελίανYet, looking to the promise of God, he didn’t waver through unbelief, but grew strong through faith, giving glory to God,Romans 9:4 · ἐπαγγελίαι,who are Israelites; whose is the adoption, the glory, the covenants, the giving of the law, the service, and the promises;Romans 9:8 · ἐπαγγελίαςThat is, it is not the children of the flesh who are children of God, but the children of the promise are counted as a seed.Romans 9:9 · ἐπαγγελίαςFor this is a word of promise, “At the appointed time I will come, and Sarah will have a son.”Romans 15:8 · ἐπαγγελίαςNow I say that Christ has been made a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, that he might confirm the promises given to the fathers,2 Corinthians 1:20 · ἐπαγγελίαιFor however many are the promises of God, in him is the “Yes.” Therefore also through him is the “Amen,” to the glory of God through us.2 Corinthians 7:1 · ἐπαγγελίας,Having therefore these promises, beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all defilement of flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.Galatians 3:14 · ἐπαγγελίανthat the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Christ Jesus; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.Galatians 3:16 · ἐπαγγελίαιNow the promises were spoken to Abraham and to his seed. He doesn’t say, “To seeds,” as of many, but as of one, “To your seed,” which is Christ.Galatians 3:17 · ἐπαγγελίαν.Now I say this. A covenant confirmed beforehand by God in Christ, the law, which came four hundred thirty years after, does not annul, so as to make the promise of no effect.Galatians 3:18 · ἐπαγγελίας· · ἐπαγγελίαςFor if the inheritance is of the law, it is no more of promise; but God has granted it to Abraham by promise.Galatians 3:21 · ἐπαγγελιῶνIs the law then against the promises of God? Certainly not! For if there had been a law given which could make alive, most certainly righteousness would have been of the law.Galatians 3:22 · ἐπαγγελίαBut the Scriptures imprisoned all things under sin, that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.Galatians 3:29 · ἐπαγγελίανIf you are Christ’s, then you are Abraham’s seed and heirs according to promise.Galatians 4:23 · ἐπαγγελίας.However, the son by the handmaid was born according to the flesh, but the son by the free woman was born through promise.Galatians 4:28 · ἐπαγγελίαςNow we, brothers, as Isaac was, are children of promise.Ephesians 1:13 · ἐπαγγελίαςin whom you also, having heard the word of the truth, the Good News of your salvation—in whom, having also believed, you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise,Ephesians 2:12 · ἐπαγγελίας,that you were at that time separate from Christ, alienated from the commonwealth of Israel, and strangers from the covenants of the promise, having no hope and without God in the world.Ephesians 3:6 · ἐπαγγελίαςthat the Gentiles are fellow heirs, and fellow members of the body, and fellow partakers of his promise in Christ Jesus through the Good News,Ephesians 6:2 · ἐπαγγελίᾳ,“Honor your father and mother,” which is the first commandment with a promise:1 Timothy 4:8 · ἐπαγγελίανFor bodily exercise has some value, but godliness has value in all things, having the promise of the life which is now, and of that which is to come.2 Timothy 1:1 · ἐπαγγελίανPaul, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, according to the promise of the life which is in Christ Jesus,Hebrews 4:1 · ἐπαγγελίαςLet us fear therefore, lest perhaps anyone of you should seem to have come short of a promise of entering into his rest.Hebrews 6:12 · ἐπαγγελίας.that you won’t be sluggish, but imitators of those who through faith and patience inherited the promises.Hebrews 6:15 · ἐπαγγελίας.Thus, having patiently endured, he obtained the promise.Hebrews 6:17 · ἐπαγγελίαςIn this way God, being determined to show more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, interposed with an oath;Hebrews 7:6 · ἐπαγγελίαςbut he whose genealogy is not counted from them has accepted tithes from Abraham, and has blessed him who has the promises.Hebrews 8:6 · ἐπαγγελίαιςBut now he has obtained a more excellent ministry, by so much as he is also the mediator of a better covenant, which on better promises has been given as law.Hebrews 9:15 · ἐπαγγελίανFor this reason he is the mediator of a new covenant, since a death has occurred for the redemption of the transgressions that were under the first covenant, that those who have been called may receive the promise of the eternal inheritance.Hebrews 10:36 · ἐπαγγελίαν.For you need endurance so that, having done the will of God, you may receive the promise.Hebrews 11:9 · ἐπαγγελίας · ἐπαγγελίαςBy faith, he lived as an alien in the land of promise, as in a land not his own, dwelling in tents, with Isaac and Jacob, the heirs with him of the same promise.Hebrews 11:13 · ἐπαγγελίαςThese all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them and embraced them from afar, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.Hebrews 11:17 · ἐπαγγελίαςBy faith, Abraham, being tested, offered up Isaac. Yes, he who had gladly received the promises was offering up his one and only son;Hebrews 11:33 · ἐπαγγελιῶν,who, through faith subdued kingdoms, worked out righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions,Hebrews 11:39 · ἐπαγγελίανThese all, having had testimony given to them through their faith, didn’t receive the promise,2 Peter 3:4 · ἐπαγγελίαand saying, “Where is the promise of his coming? For, from the day that the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.”2 Peter 3:9 · ἐπαγγελίας,The Lord is not slow concerning his promise, as some count slowness; but is patient with us, not wishing that any should perish, but that all should come to repentance.1 John 2:25 · ἐπαγγελίαThis is the promise which he promised us, the eternal life.