ἐπαγγελία

epaggelia

promise

from ἐπαγγέλλω; an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good):--message, promise.

G1860

Acts 2:39 · Word #5

Lexicon G1860

Lemmaἐπαγγελία
Transliterationepangelía
Strong'sG1860
In-contextpromise
Literalpromise

Morphology N NOM F SG All morphology codes

Part of Speech N — Noun — A person, place, thing, or idea
Case NOM — Nominative — The subject of the sentence
Gender F — Feminine — Grammatical feminine
Number SG — Singular — One

Lexical Info

Lemmaἐπαγγελία
Strong'sG1860

SIBI-P1 G1860-01

the proclaimed pledge (feminine singular; nominative/dative as context requires)

Rootἐπαγγελία (epangelia)
Core Meaningsannouncement, proclamation, promise, pledged assurance
Semantic Rangea public announcement, an offered assurance, a pledged commitment, a formal promise, especially a divinely given promise
Conceptual SignificanceIn the New Testament, ἐπαγγελία frequently denotes God’s proclaimed covenantal assurance—particularly regarding salvation, the Spirit, and inheritance—emphasizing not merely a private intention but a publicly declared and reliable divine commitment.
Morphological NotesGr,N,,,,,NFS = noun, nominative feminine singular; Gr,N,,,,,DFS = noun, dative feminine singular. Lexeme is a first-declension feminine noun.
Rendering RationaleThe noun derives from ἐπαγγέλλω (“to proclaim, announce, declare upon”), so "proclaimed pledge" preserves the verbal root idea of an announced commitment. The form is feminine singular, appearing in nominative and dative cases; the rendering reflects a singular concrete entity, with case relations (subject or indirect object/means) determined by context.

AI-generated (openai/gpt-5.2-chat-latest)

Words from Root ἐπαγγελία (announcement, proclamation, promise, pledged assurance)

SILEX Code Transliteration SIBI-P1
G1860-03 epaggeliais to the pledge-announcements
G1860-04 epaggelian the proclaimed-assurance
G1860-05 epaggelias of the proclaimed-assurance

Word Usage (52 occurrences of G1860)

Location Form Transliteration Meaning
Luke 24:49 ἐπαγγελίαν epaggelian promise
Acts 1:4 ἐπαγγελίαν epaggelian promise
Acts 2:33 ἐπαγγελίαν epaggelian promise