1862. epaggelma
Lexicon
epaggelma: Promise, profession

Original Word: ἐπάγγελμα
Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
Transliteration: epaggelma
Pronunciation: eh-PAG-ghel-mah
Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ang'-el-mah)
KJV: promise
NASB: promise, promises
Word Origin: [from G1861 (ἐπαγγέλλω - promised)]

1. a self-committal (by assurance of conferring some good)

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
promise.

From epaggello; a self-committal (by assurance of conferring some good) -- promise.

see GREEK epaggello

HELPS Word-studies

Cognate: 1862 epággelma (a neuter noun) – promise. 1862 (epággelma) focuses on the result(s) of God's promise – note the -ma suffix. See 1860 (epaggelia).

["In Classical Greek, 1862 /epággelma ("promises") are "voluntarily or spontaneously made," as opposed to hyposxeseis ('promises made in response to a petition')" (WS, 323).]

NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin
from epaggellomai
Definition
a promise
NASB Translation
promise (1), promises (1).

Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 1862: ἐπάγγελμα

ἐπάγγελμα, ἐπαγγελματος, τό (ἐπαγγέλλω), a promise: 2 Peter 1:4; 2 Peter 3:13. (Demosthenes, Isocrates, others.)

Forms and Transliterations
επαγγελμα επάγγελμα ἐπάγγελμα επαγγελματα επαγγέλματα ἐπαγγέλματα epangelma epángelma epangelmata epangélmata
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Englishman's Concordance
2 Peter 1:4 N-NNP
GRK: μέγιστα ἡμῖν ἐπαγγέλματα δεδώρηται ἵνα
NAS: and magnificent promises, so
KJV: and precious promises: that by
INT: greatest to us promises he has given that

2 Peter 3:13 N-ANS
GRK: κατὰ τὸ ἐπάγγελμα αὐτοῦ προσδοκῶμεν
NAS: But according to His promise we are looking
KJV: according to his promise, look for new
INT: according to the promise of him we expect

Strong's Greek 1862
2 Occurrences


ἐπάγγελμα — 1 Occ.
ἐπαγγέλματα — 1 Occ.

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