Proclaimer
καταγγελεύςStrong’s G2604katangeleus
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Katangeleus is the Greek word usually translated “proclaimer”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Then certain philosophers of the Epicureans, and of the Stoicks, encountered him. And some said, What will this babbler say? other some, He seemeth to be a setter forth of strange gods: because he preached unto them Jesus, and the resurrection.”
Meaning
Usually translated “proclaimer”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- a proclaimer 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Acts 1
1 book in all.
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Greek dictionary
καταγγελεύς katangeleus · proclaimer
καταγγελεύς, -έως, ὁ a proclaimer, herald (in Inscr., κ. ἀγώνων, Deiss., LAE, 97): with genitive obj., Act.17:18.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “proclaimer” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PROCLA'IMER, noun
One who publishes by authority; one that announces or makes publicly known.
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.