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GreekG2782Noun (Neuter)

κήρυγμα

kērugma

8Occurrences
G2782Strong's #
Noun (Neuter)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a proclamation (especially of the gospel; by implication, the gospel itself)

from G2784 (κηρύσσω);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
in cl., that which is cried by a herald, a proclamation. In NT (see Lft., Notes, 161), of God's heralds, proclamation, message, preaching (i.e. the substance as distinct from the act which would be expressed by † κήρυξις): ., τὸ κ. μου; ἡμῶν.
LXX: (קוֹל), (קְרִיאָה), *

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Neuter)

Morphology Code

G:N-N

Full Description

Greek Noun, Neuter

Occurrences

κήρυγμα appears 8 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

1 Corinthians
3
2 Timothy
1
Luke
1
Matthew
1
Mark
1
Titus
1

Key Passages

1 Corinthians 1:21BSB

For since in the wisdom of God the world through its wisdom did not know Him, God was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.

1 Corinthians 15:14BSB

And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.

1 Corinthians 2:4BSB

My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit’s power,

2 Timothy 4:17BSB

But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all the Gentiles would hear it. So I was delivered from the mouth of the lion.

Luke 11:32BSB

The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.