What does ἐπάγγελμα (epángelma) mean in the Bible?
ἐπάγγελμα (epángelma) is a Greek word meaning "a self-committal (by assurance of conferring some good)".
Greek · G1862
ἐπάγγελμα
A self-committal (by assurance of conferring some good)
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ἐπάγγελμαG1862
Pronunciationepángelma
What does ἐπάγγελμα (epángelma) mean in the Bible?
ἐπάγγελμα (epángelma) is a Greek word meaning "a self-committal (by assurance of conferring some good)".
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G1862?
The BSB source-word alignment has 2 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include promise (1), promises (1).
Where does ἐπάγγελμα (epángelma) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at 2 Peter 1:4. Its strongest book concentrations include 2 Peter (2).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders Itpromise1×2 Peter 3:13
promises1×2 Peter 1:4
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row2 Peter 1:4
Aligned rows2
Books represented1
2 Peter2
Source forms
ἐπάγγελμα1xepangelma2 Peter 3:13
ἐπαγγέλματα1xepangelmata2 Peter 1:4
Parsing patterns
Noun - Accusative Neuter Plural1x2 Peter 1:4
Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular1x2 Peter 3:13
Evidence Summary
Greek word. a self-committal (by assurance of conferring some good)
Strong'sG1862
Lexical occurrences2 versesGreek text appearances2 timesWord forms2 forms2 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
a self-committal (by assurance of conferring some good)
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpusGreek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
2 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
2 Peter 1:4Noun Accusative Plural Neuter
ἐπαγγέλματαepaggelmata
a promise
Read verse2 Peter 3:13Noun Accusative Singular Neuter
ἐπάγγελμαepaggelma
a promise
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
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 patterns2Aligned forms2Case patternAccusative (2)Number patternPlural (1)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Accusative · Plural · Neuter2 Pet 1:41×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter2 Pet 3:131×
Word Origins
ἐπάγγελμα is built from this root:
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