What does ἀναγγέλλω (anangéllō) mean in the Bible?
G312 means to announce, report, declare, explain, or make something known. John uses the verb in both ordinary and deeply theological settings.
Greek · G312
ἀναγγέλλω
To announce (in detail)
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ἀναγγέλλω G312
Pronunciation anangéllō
What does ἀναγγέλλω (anangéllō) mean in the Bible?
G312 means to announce, report, declare, explain, or make something known. John uses the verb in both ordinary and deeply theological settings.
Reader summary
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G312?
The BSB source-word alignment has 14 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include from declaring (2), [and] reported (1), announce (1), disclose [it] (1), disclosing (1).
Where does ἀναγγέλλω (anangéllō) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at John 4:25. Its strongest book concentrations include Acts (5), John (5), 1 John (1), 1 Peter (1).
What This Word Actually Means
G312 means to announce, report, declare, explain, or make something known. John uses the verb in both ordinary and deeply theological settings. The healed man reports that Jesus made him well. The Samaritan woman expects Messiah to explain everything. Jesus promises that the Spirit of truth will declare what is to come and will take what belongs to Christ and disclose it to the disciples.
The word should not be flattened into private revelation or treated as a generic speech verb without context. In John 16, the declaring work of the Spirit is explicitly Christ-centered: He does not speak on His own, He glorifies Christ, and He discloses what belongs to the Son and the Father.
How the Bible Uses It
G312 moves from expected Messianic explanation and public report to the Spirit's Christ-glorifying disclosure in John 16.
- John.4.25
The woman said, “I know that Messiah” (called Christ) “is coming. When He comes, He will explain everything to us.”
The Samaritan woman says Messiah will explain everything when He comes. The verb appears in an expectation of decisive disclosure.
- John.5.15
And the man went away and told the Jews that it was Jesus who had made him well.
The healed man tells the leaders that Jesus made him well. Here the verb describes public report that moves the scene into conflict.
- John.16.13
However, when the Spirit of truth comes, He will guide you into all truth. For He will not speak on His own, but He will speak what He hears, and He will declare to you what is to come.
The Spirit of truth will declare what is to come. The declaration is tied to guidance into truth and to speaking what He hears.
- John.16.14
He will glorify Me by taking from what is Mine and disclosing it to you.
The Spirit glorifies Jesus by taking from what is His and disclosing it. The verb serves Christ-centered revelation.
- John.16.15
Everything that belongs to the Father is Mine. That is why I said that the Spirit will take from what is Mine and disclose it to you.
Everything belonging to the Father belongs to the Son, which explains why the Spirit discloses what is Christ's. The declaring work stands inside Father-Son unity.
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It from declaring 2× Acts 20:20, Acts 20:27
[and] reported 1× Acts 14:27
announce 1× 1 John 1:5
disclose [it] 1× John 16:15
disclosing 1× Acts 19:18
disclosing [it] 1× John 16:14
He told us about 1× 2 Corinthians 7:7
He will declare 1× John 16:13
He will explain 1× John 4:25
now announced 1× 1 Peter 1:12
they reported 1× Acts 15:4
told 1× John 5:15
were not told 1× Romans 15:21
Show sample aligned rows
John 4:25 ἀναγγελεῖ to He will explain Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular John 5:15 ἀνήγγειλεν* to told Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular John 16:13 ἀναγγελεῖ to He will declare Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular John 16:14 ἀναγγελεῖ to disclosing [it] Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular John 16:15 ἀναγγελεῖ to disclose [it] Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular Acts 14:27 ἀνήγγελλον to [and] reported Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Acts 15:4 ἀνήγγειλάν to they reported Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural Acts 19:18 ἀναγγέλλοντες to disclosing Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural Acts 20:20 ἀναγγεῖλαι to from declaring Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active Acts 20:27 ἀναγγεῖλαι to from declaring Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active
Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row John 4:25
Aligned rows 14
Books represented 6
John 5 Acts 5 Romans 1 2 Corinthians 1 1 Peter 1 1 John 1
Source forms
ἀναγγελεῖ 4x anangelei John 4:25, John 16:13, John 16:14, John 16:15
ἀναγγεῖλαι 2x anangeilai Acts 20:20, Acts 20:27
ἀνηγγέλη 2x anēngelē Romans 15:21, 1 Peter 1:12
ἀναγγέλλομεν 1x anangellomen 1 John 1:5
ἀναγγέλλοντες 1x anangellontes Acts 19:18
ἀναγγέλλων 1x anangellōn 2 Corinthians 7:7
ἀνήγγειλάν 1x anēngeilan Acts 15:4
ἀνήγγειλεν* 1x anēngeilen John 5:15
Parsing patterns
Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 4x John 4:25, John 16:13, John 16:14, John 16:15
Verb - Aorist Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Singular 2x Romans 15:21, 1 Peter 1:12
Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active 2x Acts 20:20, Acts 20:27
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 1x Acts 15:4
Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular 1x John 5:15
Verb - Imperfect Indicative Active - 3rd Person Plural 1x Acts 14:27
Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Plural 1x 1 John 1:5
Verb - Present Participle Active - Nominative Masculine Plural 1x Acts 19:18
Using This Word Well
Be careful not to...
- Ask who is making something known and whether the passage presents report, explanation, or Spirit-led disclosure.
- Test claims about spiritual disclosure by whether they remain tethered to Jesus and ordered toward His glory.
Avoid claiming...
- Do not claim G312 always refers to special revelation.
- Do not claim the Spirit's declaring work in John 16 can be separated from Christ's glory.
Evidence Summary
Greek word. To announce or report back; later sense emphasizes declaring comprehensive or detailed information to others.
Strong's G312
Lexical occurrences 14 verses Greek text appearances 18 times 16 shown below Word forms 3 forms 14 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
to announce (in detail)
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
To announce or report back; later sense emphasizes declaring comprehensive or detailed information to others.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
16 of 18 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Mark 5:14 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἀνήγγειλαν anhggeilan
I announce, make known, report
Read verse Mark 5:19 Verb Second Person Singular Aorist Active Imperative
ἀνάγγειλον anaggeilon
I announce, make known, report
Read verse John 4:25 Verb Third Person Singular Future Active Indicative
ἀναγγελεῖ anaggelei
I announce, make known, report
Read verse John 5:15 Verb Third Person Singular Aorist Active Indicative
ἀνήγγειλε anhggeilen
I announce, make known, report
Read verse John 16:13 Verb Third Person Singular Future Active Indicative
ἀναγγελεῖ anaggelei
I announce, make known, report
Read verse John 16:14 Verb Third Person Singular Future Active Indicative
ἀναγγελεῖ anaggelei
I announce, make known, report
Read verse John 16:15 Verb Third Person Singular Future Active Indicative
ἀναγγελεῖ anaggelei
I announce, make known, report
Read verse John 16:25 Verb First Person Singular Future Active Indicative
ἀναγγελῶ anaggelw
I announce, make known, report
Read verse Acts 14:27 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἀνήγγειλαν anhggeilan
I announce, make known, report
Read verse Acts 15:4 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἀνήγγειλάν anhggeilan
I announce, make known, report
Read verse Acts 16:38 Verb Third Person Plural Aorist Active Indicative
ἀνήγγειλαν anhggeilan
I announce, make known, report
Read verse Acts 19:18 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Plural Masculine
ἀναγγέλλοντες anaggellontev
I announce, make known, report
Read verse Acts 20:20 Verb Aorist Active Infinitive
ἀναγγεῖλαι anaggeilai
I announce, make known, report
Read verse Acts 20:27 Verb Aorist Active Infinitive
ἀναγγεῖλαι anaggeilai
I announce, make known, report
Read verse Romans 15:21 Verb Third Person Singular Second Aorist Passive Indicative
ἀνηγγέλη anhggelh
I announce, make known, report
Read verse 2 Corinthians 7:7 Verb Present Active Participle Nominative Singular Masculine
ἀναγγέλλων anaggellwn
I announce, make known, report
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 mood, tense, and voice shift the force of this verb in context.
This verb appears through different tense, voice, mood, or stem patterns. Those forms help readers see how the action is presented in context.
Form groups 3 Aligned forms 14 Tenses Future, Aorist, Imperfect, Present Voices Active, Passive
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Tenses
Voices
Indicative states a fact or reality 10×
Future Active John 4:25 · John 16:13 · John 16:14 · John 16:15 4×
Aorist Passive Rom 15:21 · 1 Pet 1:12 2×
Aorist Active John 5:15 · Acts 15:4 2×
Imperfect Active Acts 14:27 1×
Present Active 1 John 1:5 1×
Infinitive verbal noun — the action in abstract 2×
Aorist Active Acts 20:20 · Acts 20:27 2×
Participle verbal adjective — the action as a modifying quality 2×
Present Active Acts 19:18 · 2 Cor 7:7 2×
Discourse Aspect
How this verb appears across 13 occurrences in the NT discourse index (MACULA Greek SBLGNT).
Aspect
Tense
aorist 6 future 4 present 2 imperfect 1
Voice
active 11 passive 2
Mood
indicative 10 infinitive 2 participle 1
NT Occurrences
John 4:25 ἀναγγελεῖ future active indicative prospective John 5:15 ἀνήγγειλεν aorist active indicative completed John 16:13 ἀναγγελεῖ future active indicative prospective John 16:14 ἀναγγελεῖ future active indicative prospective John 16:15 ἀναγγελεῖ future active indicative prospective Acts 14:27 ἀνήγγελλον imperfect active indicative background Acts 15:4 ἀνήγγειλάν aorist active indicative completed Acts 20:20 ἀναγγεῖλαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Acts 20:27 ἀναγγεῖλαι aorist active infinitive infinitive Romans 15:21 ἀνηγγέλη aorist passive indicative completed 2 Corinthians 7:7 ἀναγγέλλων present active participle participle 1 Peter 1:12 ἀνηγγέλη aorist passive indicative completed 1 John 1:5 ἀναγγέλλομεν present active indicative ongoing
Aspect reflects grammatical form — not authorial emphasis. Participles and infinitives are verbal adjectives and nouns respectively.
Clause data: MACULA Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0) · SBLGNT (Logos/SBL, CC BY 4.0)
Word Origins
ἀναγγέλλω is built from these roots:
For the Preacher and Teacher
G312 matters because John distinguishes ordinary report from Christ-centered revelation without severing them from the same making-known field. A healed man can report who made him well. The Samaritan woman can expect Messiah to explain all things. In the Farewell Discourse, Jesus promises the Spirit of truth, whose declaring work is not independent religious novelty.
The Spirit speaks what He hears, declares what is to come, glorifies Christ, and discloses what belongs to the Son because all that belongs to the Father is His. Teachers should therefore use the word to guard faithful proclamation: true spiritual disclosure is tethered to Jesus and ordered toward His glory.
Anchor passage
John.16.14
Doctrinal connections
- G5547 Christ: the Samaritan woman's expectation centers on Messiah's explanation.
- G4151 Spirit: John 16 places the declaring work in the ministry of the Spirit of truth.
- G225 Truth: the Spirit guides into truth as He declares what He hears.
- G1392 Glorify: the Spirit's disclosure glorifies Christ.
- G2983 Receive: John 16 says the Spirit takes from what belongs to Christ and discloses it.
- G3962 Father: the disclosure rests on the unity of what belongs to the Father and the Son.
G312 is a making-known verb. It can describe reporting, explaining, declaring, or disclosing, with the passage determining whether the use is ordinary report or theological revelation.
From Old to New Testament
Scripture presents true revelation as God's self-disclosure rather than human invention. John focuses that disclosure on Messiah and the Spirit's Christ-glorifying ministry.
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