To preach
κηρύσσωStrong’s G2784kērussō
Appears in 60 verses of the New Testament
In short
Kērussō is the Greek word usually translated “proclaiming”, “proclaim” and “preaching”. It appears in 60 verses of the New Testament.
“And without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifest in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen of angels, preached unto the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.”
Meaning
Usually translated “proclaiming”, “proclaim” and “preaching”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- proclaiming 10
- to proclaim 8
- preaching 6
- do proclaim 3
- to preach 2
- shall be proclaimed 2
- proclaims 2
- having been proclaimed 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Mark 14
- Matthew 9
- Luke 9
- Acts 8
- Romans 4
- 1 Corinthians 4
15 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Matthew 3:1In those days came John the Baptist, preaching in the wilderness of Judaea,
- Matthew 4:17From that time Jesus began to preach, and to say, Repent: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
- Matthew 4:23And Jesus went about all Galilee, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing all manner of sickness and all manner of disease among the people.
- Matthew 9:35And Jesus went about all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues, and preaching the gospel of the kingdom, and healing every sickness and every disease among the people.
- Matthew 10:7And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand.
- Matthew 10:27What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops.
All 60 verses, by book
Greek dictionary
κηρύσσω kērussō · to preach
κηρύσσω [in LXX chiefly for קָרָא ;] to be a herald, to proclaim: Mrk.1:45 7:36, Luk.4:18-19" (LXX) (but see Field, Notes, 174) Luk.8:39, Rom.2:21, 1Co.9:27, Gal.5:11, al.; in NT, chiefly of the proclamation of the Gospel, to proclaim, preach: τὸ εὐαγέλιον, Mat.4:23 9:35 24:14 26:13, Mrk.1:14 13:10 14:9 16:15, Gal.2:2, Col.1:23, 1Th.2:9; before εἰς, Mrk.1:39 13:10, Luk.4:44, 1Th.2:9; ἵνα, Mrk.6:12; with inf.. Rom.2:21; κ. Χριστόν, Ἰησοῦν, Act.8:5 9:20 19:13, 1Co.1:23 15:12, 2Co.1:19 11:4, Php.1:15; 1Ti.3:16 (cf. προ-κηρύσσω) (AS)
From STEPBible’s Greek lexicon (based on Abbott-Smith).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “preach” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PREACH, verb intransitive
[Latin proeco, a crier; precor.]
- To pronounce a public discourse on a religious subject, or from a subject, or from a text of Scripture.
- To discourse on the gospel way of salvation and exhort to repentance; to discourse on evangelical truths and exhort to a belief of them and acceptance of the terms of salvation.
All definitions and other forms of “preach”
PREACH, verb transitive
To proclaim; to publish in religious discourses.
- “What ye hear in the ear, that preach ye on the house-tops” Matthew 10:27“The Lord hath anointed me to preach good tidings to the meek” Isaiah 61:1
- To inculcate in public discourses.“I have preached righteousness in the great congregations” Psalms 40:9
PREACH, noun
A religious discourse. [Not used.]
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.