ἐπαγγελία

ἐπ-αγγελία, -ας, ἡ

(ἐπαγγέλλω), [in LXX: Sl 56,8 (סֵפֶר), etc. ;]

1. a summons (as Attic law-term, Dem., al.).

2. a promise (Dem., Arist., al.): ApG 23,21 esp. in NT of the divine promises, ApG 7,17, Rom 4,14, 16 Rom 9,4, Gal 3,17-18, 21; 4,23, Hebr 8,6; 11,9, 17, 2 Pet 3,9; with inf., Hebr 4,1 γίνεται, etc., with dative of person(s), ApG 2,39, Rom 4,13, Gal 3,16; before πρός, ApG 13,32; 26,6; έπαγγέλεσθαι τὴν ἐ., 1 Joh 2,25 ἔχειν ἐπαγγελίας, Hebr 7,6, 2 Kor 7,1; εἷναι νἐ έπαγγελίᾳ, Ef 6,2 ἡ γῆ τῆς ἐ., Hebr 11,9 τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐ., Rom 9,8, Gal 4,28; τ. πνεῦμα τῆς ἐ. τ. ἅγιον, Ef 1,13 αἱ διαθῆκαι τῆς ἐ., Ef 2,12 ἡ ἐ. τ. θεοῦ, Rom 4,20 pl., 2 Kor 1,20 αἱ ἐ. τ. πατέρων, Rom 15,8 with genitive obj., τ. ζωῆς (see Dalman, Words, 103), 1 Tim 4,8 τ. παρουσίας αὐτοῦ, 2 Pet 3,4 κατ ̓ ἐπαγγελίαν, ApG 13,23, Gal 3,29, 2 Tim 1,1; δι ̓ ἐπαγγελίας, Gal 3,18 συμμέτοχα τῆς ἐ., Ef 3,6 λόγος ἐπαγγελίας, Rom 9,9, By meton. (cf. ἐλπίς), of a promised blessing: Luk 24,49, ApG 1,14, Gal 3,22, Hebr 6,12-17; 10,36; 11,13, 33; 11,39; with genitive epexeg., ApG 2,33 Gal 3,14, Hebr 9,15 (Cremer, 27).†