King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER G4296
Transliteration: prokēryssō
Phonetic Spelling: (prok-ay-rooce'-so)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to proclaim (by herald)
Meaning: to proclaim (by herald)
προκηρύσσω: 1 aorist participle προκηρυξας; perfect passive participle προκεκηρυγμενος;
Word Summary
prokēryssō: to proclaim (by herald)
Original Word: προκηρύσσωTransliteration: prokēryssō
Phonetic Spelling: (prok-ay-rooce'-so)
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to proclaim (by herald)
Meaning: to proclaim (by herald)
Strong's Concordance
proclaim beforehandFrom pro and kerusso; to herald (i.e. Proclaim) in advance -- before (first) preach.
see GREEK pro
see GREEK kerusso
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 4296: προκηρύσσωπροκηρύσσω: 1 aorist participle προκηρυξας; perfect passive participle προκεκηρυγμενος;
1. to announce or proclaim by herald beforehand (Xenophon, resp. Lac. 11, 2; Isaeus, p. 60, 2; Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch, others).
2. universally, to announce beforehand (of the herald himself, Sophocles El. 684): Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, i. e. his advent, works, and sufferings, passive, Acts 3:20 Rcc.; τί, Acts 13:24 (Ἰερεμίας τά μέλλοντα τῇ πόλει δεῖνα προεκηρυξεν, Josephus, Antiquities 10, 5, 1).