noun · masculine
kēruxos
Greekκῆρυξ (kērux)
Strong’sG2783
a herald, preacher
stem kērux-3 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
Translated as
What it means
κῆρυξ
(κήρ-, T), -υκος, ὁ, [in LXX: Da LXX TH 3:4 (כָּרוֹז), Ge 41:43, Si 20:15, IV Mac 6:4*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G2783 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidkay'-roox
a herald, i.e. of divine truth (especially of the gospel)
Fromfrom G2784;
King Jamespreacher.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Every form
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | kēruxos2×κῆρυξ | kēruxois |
| object accusative | kēruxon1×κήρυκα | kēruxoin |
| direct address vocative | kēruxor | kēruxoir |
| of, belonging to genitive | kēruxou | kēruxoiu |
| to, for dative | kēruxo | kēruxoi |
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
kēruxo 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
3 occurrences, every one of them listed
kēruxos“herald”subjectnominative singular2×
1 Timothy 2:7“herald”eis hem tithima mis kēruxos kai apostolos alētheian legamō, ouk pseudemō didaskalos ethneiu en pistia kai alētheia.For this reason I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a faithful and true teacher of the Gentiles. I am telling the truth; I am not lying about anything.
2 Timothy 1:11“preacher”eis hem tithima mis kēruxos kai apostolos kai didaskalos.to which I was appointed as a preacher, an apostle, and a teacher.
kēruxon“preacher”objectaccusative singular1×
2 Peter 2:5“preacher”kai archaiou kosmou ouk feideta, alla ogdoon Nōe dikaiosunau kēruxon fulassata, kataklusmon kosmo aseboiu epagaratos,if He did not spare the ancient world when He brought the flood on its ungodly people, but preserved Noah, a preacher of righteousness, among the eight;