Preaching
κήρυγμαStrong’s G2782kērugma
Appears in 7 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kērugma is the Greek word usually translated “preaching” and “proclamation”. It appears in 7 verses of the New Testament.
“But hath in due times manifested his word through preaching, which is committed unto me according to the commandment of God our Saviour;”
Meaning
Usually translated “preaching” and “proclamation”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- preaching 4
- proclamation 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Corinthians 3
- Matthew 1
- Luke 1
- 2 Timothy 1
- Titus 1
5 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 12:41The men of Nineveh shall rise in judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: because they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
- Luke 11:32The men of Nineve shall rise up in the judgment with this generation, and shall condemn it: for they repented at the preaching of Jonas; and, behold, a greater than Jonas is here.
- 1 Corinthians 1:21For after that in the wisdom of God the world by wisdom knew not God, it pleased God by the foolishness of preaching to save them that believe.
- 1 Corinthians 2:4And my speech and my preaching was not with enticing words of man’s wisdom, but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power:
- 1 Corinthians 15:14And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
- 2 Timothy 4:17Notwithstanding the Lord stood with me, and strengthened me; that by me the preaching might be fully known, and that all the Gentiles might hear: and I was delivered out of the mouth of the lion.
Greek dictionary
κήρυγμα kērugma · preaching
κήρυγμα, -τος, τό (κηρύσσω), [in LXX: 2Ch.30:5 (קוֹל), Jon.3.2 (קְרִיאָה), Pro.9:3, I Est.9:3 * ;] 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): Mat.12:41, Luk.11:32, 1Co.1:21, 2Ti.4:17, Tit.1:3; with genitive cubic., τὸ κ. μου, 1Co.2:4; ἡμῶν, 1Co.15:14; with genitive obj., Ἰησοῦ Χρ., Rom.16:25.† (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “preaching” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PRE'ACHING, participle present
tense Proclaiming; publishing in discourse; inculcating.
All definitions and other forms of “preaching”
PRE'ACHING, noun
The act of preaching; a public religious discourse.
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.