What does ἐπάγγελμα · τίμιος · μέγιστος mean in the Bible?
ἐπάγγελμα · τίμιος · μέγιστος is a Greek phrase meaning "precious and very great promises".
Greek · G1862, G5093, G3176
Epangelmata timia kai megista
A self-committal (by assurance of conferring some good) · precious · greatest or very great
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ἐπάγγελμα G1862 a self-committal (by assurance of conferring some good)
Pronunciation epángelma
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τίμιος G5093 precious
Pronunciation tímios
Valuable because highly esteemed; denotes worth both monetary and relational, particularly honor.
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μέγιστος G3176 greatest or very great
Pronunciation mégistos
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What does epangelmata timia kai megista (epangelma / timios / megistos) mean in the Bible?
ἐπάγγελμα · τίμιος · μέγιστος is a Greek phrase meaning "precious and very great promises".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for G1862, G5093, G3176?
G1862, G5093, G3176 is connected to 2 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Greek phrase. precious and very great promises
Source Gloss
precious and very great promises
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 2 case and number patterns. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 2 Aligned forms 2 Case pattern Accusative (2) Number pattern Plural (1)
Accusative · Plural · Neuter 2 Pet 1:4 1×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter 2 Pet 3:13 1×
Word Origins
epangelmata timia kai megista is built from this root:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain