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To report

ἀναγγέλλωStrong’s G0312

anangellō

Appears in 14 verses of the New Testament

In short

Anangellō is the Greek word usually translated “disclose”, “declaring” and “tell”. It appears in 14 verses of the New Testament.

“The woman saith unto him, I know that Messias cometh, which is called Christ: when he is come, he will tell us all things.”
John 4:25 KJV
Meaning

Usually translated “disclose”, “declaring” and “tell”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.

How it's translated
  • will disclose 2
  • declaring 2
  • he will tell 1
  • told 1
  • he will declare 1
  • they were declaring 1
  • they declared 1
  • to declare 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • John 5
  • Acts 5
  • Romans 1
  • 2 Corinthians 1
  • 1 Peter 1
  • 1 John 1

6 books in all.

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Explore in Scripture
All 14 verses, by book
Romans 1
15:21
2 Corinthians 1
7:7
1 Peter 1
1:12
1 John 1
1:5
Greek dictionary

ἀναγγέλλω anangellō · to report

ἀν-αγγέλλω [in LXX chiefly for נָגַד hi ;] 1. to bring back word, report (Æsch., Thuc., al.): Jhn.5:15 (WH, εἶπεν), Act.14:27 15:4, 2Co.7:7 2. Later, = ἀπαγγέλλω (MM, VGT, see word), to announce, declare (LXX; Cremer, 24): Mat.28:11 (WH, ἀπ-), Jhn.4:25 16:13-15, Act.19:18 20:20, 27 Rom.15:21, 1Pe.1:12, 1Jn.1:5.† (AS)

From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

How the English word “report” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

REPORT, verb transitive

[Latin reporto, to carry back; re and porto, to bear.]

  1. To bear or bring back an answer, or to relate what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained.
  2. To give an account of; to relate; to tell.“They reported his good deeds before me” Nehemiah 6:19
  3. To tell or relate from one to another; to circulate publicly, as a story; as in the common phrase, it is reported.“It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel” Nehemiah 6:6
  4. To give an official account or statement; as, the secretary of the treasury reports to congress annually the amount of revenue and expenditure.
All definitions and other forms of “report”
  1. To give an account or statement of cases and decisions in a court of law or chancery.
  2. To return, as sound; to give back.

REPORT, verb intransitive

To make a statement of facts. The committee will report at twelve o'clock.

    REPORT, noun

    1. An account returned; a statement or relation of facts given in reply to inquiry, or by a person authorized to examine and make return to his employer.
    2. Rumor; common fame; story circulated. report though often originating in fact, soon becomes incorrect, and is seldom deserving of credit.
    3. Repute; public character; as evil report and good report 2 Corinthians 6:8“Cornelius was of good report among the Jews” Acts 10:22
    4. Account; story; relation.“It was a true report that I heard in my own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom” 1 Kings 10:6
    5. Sound; noise; as the report of a pistol or cannon.
    6. An account or statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of a case argued and determined in a court of law, chancery, etc.
    7. An official statement of facts, verbal or written; particularly, a statement in writing of proceedings and facts exhibited by an officer to his superiors; as the reports of the heads of departments to congress, of a master in chancery to the court, of committees to a legislative body and the like.

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Greek, not from any one translation.