To proclaim
כְּרַזStrong’s H3745keraz (ke-raz)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Keraz is the Aramaic word usually translated “made proclamation”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Then commanded Belshazzar, and they clothed Daniel with scarlet, and put a chain of gold about his neck, and made a proclamation concerning him, that he should be the third ruler in the kingdom.”
Meaning
- (Aphel) to herald, proclaim, make proclamation
How it's translated
- and they made proclamation 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 1
1 book in all.
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Aramaic dictionary
כְּרַז keraz · to proclaim
(Aphel) to herald, proclaim, make proclamation
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “proclaim” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PROCLA'IM, verb transitive
[Latin proclamo; pro and clamo, to cry out. See Claim.]
- To promulgate; to announce; to publish; as, to proclaim a fast; to proclaim a feast. Leviticus 23:21 Kings 21:9“He hath sent me to proclaim liberty to the captives” Isaiah 61:1
- To denounce; to give official notice of.
- To declare with honor; as, to proclaim the name of the Lord, that is, to declare his perfections. Exodus 33:19
- To utter openly; to make public.“Most men will proclaim every one his own goodness” Proverbs 20:6
All definitions
- To outlaw by public denunciation.
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.