To report
ἀγγέλλωStrong’s G6000angellō
Appears in 1 verse of the New Testament
In short
Angellō is the Greek word usually translated “reporting”. It appears in 1 verse of the New Testament.
“Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the LORD, and that he had spoken these things unto her.”
Meaning
Usually translated “reporting”. Open the dictionary entry below for the full range of meaning, with the verses it cites.
How it's translated
- reporting 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- John 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Greek dictionary
ἀγγέλλω angellō · to report
ἀγγέλλω (ἄγγελος), [in LXX for נגד hi. ;] to announce, report: Jhn.4:51 (WHR omit), 20:18 (MM, VGT, see word).† (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.]
- 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.
- To give an account of; to relate; to tell.“They reported his good deeds before me” Nehemiah 6:19
- 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
- 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”
- To give an account or statement of cases and decisions in a court of law or chancery.
- 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
- 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.
- Rumor; common fame; story circulated. report though often originating in fact, soon becomes incorrect, and is seldom deserving of credit.
- Repute; public character; as evil report and good report 2 Corinthians 6:8“Cornelius was of good report among the Jews” Acts 10:22
- 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
- Sound; noise; as the report of a pistol or cannon.
- An account or statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of a case argued and determined in a court of law, chancery, etc.
- 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.