noun · neuter
kērugmem
Strong’sG2782
a proclamation, preaching
stem kērugm-8 times in the New Testamentin 6 of 27 books3 of 6 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
κήρυγμα, -τος, τό
(< κηρύσσω), [in LXX: II Ch 30:5 (קוֹל), Jh 3.2 (קְרִיאָה), Pr 9:3, I Es 9:3*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2782 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkay'-roog-mah
a proclamation (especially of the gospel; by implication, the gospel itself)
Fromfrom G2784;
King Jamespreaching.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
(κηρύσσω) that which is cried by a herald, proclamation, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐκ τοῦ κ. by proclamation, Refs 5th c.BC+; announcement of victory in games, Refs 2nd c.AD+; mandate, summons, Refs 5th c.BC+; reward offered by proclamation, Refs 5th c.BC+
II preaching, NT
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject or object direct | kērugmem3×κήρυγμα | kērugmeim |
| of, belonging to genitive | kērugmeu1×κηρύγματος | kērugmeiu |
| to, for dative | kērugme1×κηρύγματι | kērugmei |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
kērugme is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
8 occurrences, every one of them listed
kērugmem“preaching”subject or objectdirect singular3×
1 Corinthians 2:4kai tos logos mu kai tem kērugmem mu ouk en peithoi sofiau alla …My message and my preaching were not with persuasive words of …
1 Corinthians 15:14… Christos ouk egerotē, kenem ara tem kērugmem nu, kenas kai tas pistias vu,… Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your …
2 Timothy 4:17… endunamata min, hina dia mu tem kērugmem plēroforiteia kai akoualeia panteim teim ethneim, …… me, so that through me the message would be fully proclaimed, and all …
kērugmeu“message preached”of, belonging togenitive singular1×
1 Corinthians 1:21“message preached”… tos theos dia tau mōriau teu kērugmeu sōzara toin pisteuarōntoin.… was pleased through the foolishness of what was preached to save those who believe.
kērugme“preaching”to, fordative singular1×
Titus 1:3“preaching”… kairoi idioi, ton logon autou en kērugme hem pisteuima mis kata epitagan tou …… His own time He has made His word evident in the proclamation entrusted to me by the command of God …
kērugmem3×
Matthew 12:41… katakrinali autan; hoti metanoala eis tem kērugmem Iōnou, kai idou polloterem Iōnou hōde.… it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater …
Mark 16:8“proclamation”… dia autoiu tem hierem kai afthartem kērugmem tau aiōniau sōtērēau. amēn.So the women left …
Luke 11:32… katakrinali autan; hoti metanoala eis tem kērugmem Iōnou, kai idou polloterem Iōnou hōde.… it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater …