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κηρύσσω
kērýssō · Greek · Strong's G2784 · 61 occurrences
The KJV renders 5 different Hebrew and Greek words as “publish”
What it means
to herald (as a public crier), especially divine truth (the gospel)
of uncertain affinity;
How the KJV renders it
preacher, proclaim, publish
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
Questions this word decides
- Is the seventh-day Sabbath binding on Gentiles?
- Is purgatory taught in scripture?
- What does 1 Peter 3:21 mean ('baptism now saves you')?
- Is the Christian Sabbath Saturday or Sunday?
- Did Jesus descend into hell?
- Must you confess Jesus as Lord out loud to be saved?
Where it appears
61 occurrences in the Greek text, first 59 verses shown.
1 Corinthians 1:23 V-PAI-1P1 Corinthians 9:27 V-AAP-NSM1 Corinthians 15:11 V-PAI-1P1 Corinthians 15:12 V-PPI-3S1 Peter 3:19 V-AAI-3S1 Thessalonians 2:9 V-AAI-1P1 Timothy 3:16 V-API-3S2 Corinthians 1:19 V-APP-NSM2 Corinthians 4:5 V-PAI-1P2 Corinthians 11:4 V-AAI-1P2 Timothy 4:2 V-AAM-2SActs 8:5 V-IAI-3SActs 9:20 V-IAI-3SActs 10:37 V-AAI-3SActs 10:42 V-AANActs 15:21 V-PAP-APMActs 19:13 V-PAI-3SActs 20:25 V-PAP-NSMActs 28:31 V-PAP-NSMColossians 1:23 V-APP-GSNGalatians 2:2 V-PAI-1SGalatians 5:11 V-PAI-1SLuke 3:3 V-PAP-NSMLuke 4:19 V-AANLuke 4:44 V-PAP-NSMLuke 8:1 V-PAP-NSMLuke 8:39 V-PAP-NSMLuke 9:2 V-PANLuke 12:3 V-FPI-3SLuke 24:47 V-APNMatthew 3:1 V-PAP-NSMMatthew 4:17 V-PANMatthew 4:23 V-PAP-NSMMatthew 9:35 V-PAP-NSMMatthew 10:7 V-PAM-2PMatthew 10:27 V-AAM-2PMatthew 11:1 V-PANMatthew 24:14 V-FPI-3SMatthew 26:13 V-APS-3SMark 1:4 V-PAP-NSMMark 1:7 V-IAI-3SMark 1:14 V-PAP-NSMMark 1:38 V-AAS-1SMark 1:39 V-PAP-NSMMark 1:45 V-PANMark 3:14 V-PANMark 5:20 V-PANMark 6:12 V-AAI-3PMark 7:36 V-IAI-3PMark 13:10 V-APNMark 14:9 V-APS-3SMark 16:15 V-AAM-2PMark 16:20 V-AAI-3PPhilippians 1:15 V-PAI-3PRevelation 5:2 V-PAP-ASMRomans 2:21 V-PAP-NSMRomans 10:8 V-PAI-1PRomans 10:14 V-PAP-GSMRomans 10:15 V-AAS-3P
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.