"to declare, to promise, undertake, Mk. 14:11; Rom. 4:21; to profess, 1 Tim. 2:10"
Definition and meaning
to declare, to promise, undertake, Mk. 14:11; Rom. 4:21; to profess, 1 Tim. 2:10
In the original Greek the word is written: ἐπαγγέλλομαι
Historical context
The Gospel of Mark moves urgently — the word "immediately" appears over 40 times. It was written for a Roman audience familiar with power and action. Jesus is portrayed as a man who acts, heals, and commands authority that the Roman world had never seen from a Jewish teacher.
The people who first heard this word were not reading a book — they were living through empires, oppression, exile, and covenant. Every word carried the weight of that reality. Understanding it changes how you read Scripture.
Scripture references
These are the most notable occurrences of epangellomai (G1861) across the King James Bible.
And when they heard it, they were glad, and promised to give him money. And he sought how he might conveniently betray him.
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.
And being fully persuaded that, what he had promised, he was able also to perform.
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.
But(which becometh women professing godliness) with good works.
Which some professing have erred concerning the faith. Grace be with thee. Amen. The first to Timothy was written from Laodicea, which is the chiefest city of Phrygia Pacatiana.
In hope of eternal life, which God, that cannot lie, promised before the world began;
For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
Let us hold fast the profession of our faith without wavering;(for he is faithful that promised;)
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.
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Common questions
Strong's G1861 (epangellomai) is a Greek word that means: to declare, to promise, undertake, Mk. 14:11; Rom. 4:21; to profess, 1 Tim. 2:10 It appears 15 times in the King James Bible.
The word epangellomai (G1861) appears 15 times in the original Greek text.
Strong's G1861 is epangellomai, a Greek word defined as: to declare, to promise, undertake, Mk. 14:11; Rom. 4:21; to profess, 1 Tim. 2:10. James Strong catalogued this in his 1890 concordance to help English readers study the original languages of the Bible.
epangellomai is a Greek word found in the New Testament.