Lexicon epaggelma: a promise Original Word: ἐπάγγελμα, ατος, τόPart of Speech: Noun, Neuter Transliteration: epaggelma Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ang'-el-mah) Short Definition: a promise Definition: a promise. HELPS word-Studies Cognate: 1862 epággelma (a neuter noun) – promise. 1862 (epággelma) focuses on the result(s) of God's promise – note the -ma suffix. See 1860 (epaggelia). ["In Classical Greek, 1862 /epággelma ("promises") are "voluntarily or spontaneously made," as opposed to hyposxeseis ('promises made in response to a petition')" (WS, 323).] NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originfrom epaggellomaiDefinitiona promise NASB Translationpromise (1), promises (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 1862: ἐπάγγελμαἐπάγγελμα, ἐπαγγελματος, τό ( ἐπαγγέλλω), a promise: 2 Peter 1:4; 2 Peter 3:13. ( Demosthenes, Isocrates, others.)
Strong's promise. From epaggello; a self-committal (by assurance of conferring some good) -- promise. see GREEK epaggello |
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