ἐπ-αγγέλλω

[in LXX: Est.4:8 (אָמַר), Pro.13:12, Wis.2:13, al. ;]

__1. to announce, proclaim.

__2. (a) to promise;

__(b) to profess. Mid. also frequently in both these senses;

__(with) to promise: with dab. of person(s), Heb.6:13; with accusative of thing(s), Rom.4:21, Tit.1:2; with dative of person(s) and accusative of thing(s), Jas.1:12 2:5, 2Pe.2:19; ἐπαγγελίαν, 1Jn.2:25; with inf. Mrk.14:11, Act.7:5; before λέγων, Heb.12:26; ptcp. Heb.10:23 11:11;

__(d) to profess: θεοσέβειαν, 1Ti.2:10; γνῶσιν, 1Ti.6:21. Pass. Gal.3:19 (cf. προ-επαγγέλλω; and see Cremer, 26).†

(AS)

to announce, proclaim; to promise; to profess