ἐπαγγελία

ἐπ-αγγελία, -ας, ἡ

(ἐπαγγέλλω), [in LXX: Psalm 56:8 (סֵפֶר), etc. ;]

1. a summons (as Attic law-term, Dem., al.).

2. a promise (Dem., Arist., al.): Acts 23:21; esp. in NT of the divine promises, Acts 7:17, Romans 4:14, 16, Romans 9:4, Galatians 3:17-18, 21; 4:23, Hebrews 8:6; 11:9, 17, 2 Peter 3:9; with inf., Hebrews 4:1; γίνεται, etc., with dative of person(s), Acts 2:39, Romans 4:13, Galatians 3:16; before πρός, Acts 13:32; 26:6; έπαγγέλεσθαι τὴν ἐ., 1 John 2:25; ἔχειν ἐπαγγελίας, Hebrews 7:6, 2 Corinthians 7:1; εἷναι νἐ έπαγγελίᾳ, Ephesians 6:2; ἡ γῆ τῆς ἐ., Hebrews 11:9; τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐ., Romans 9:8, Galatians 4:28; τ. πνεῦμα τῆς ἐ. τ. ἅγιον, Ephesians 1:13; αἱ διαθῆκαι τῆς ἐ., Ephesians 2:12; ἡ ἐ. τ. θεοῦ, Romans 4:20; pl., 2 Corinthians 1:20; αἱ ἐ. τ. πατέρων, Romans 15:8; with genitive obj., τ. ζωῆς (see Dalman, Words, 103), 1 Timothy 4:8; τ. παρουσίας αὐτοῦ, 2 Peter 3:4; κατ ̓ ἐπαγγελίαν, Acts 13:23, Galatians 3:29, 2 Timothy 1:1; δι ̓ ἐπαγγελίας, Galatians 3:18; συμμέτοχα τῆς ἐ., Ephesians 3:6; λόγος ἐπαγγελίας, Romans 9:9. By meton. (cf. ἐλπίς), of a promised blessing: Luke 24:49, Acts 1:14, Galatians 3:22, Hebrews 6:12-17; 10:36; 11:13, 33; 11:39; with genitive epexeg., Acts 2:33, Galatians 3:14, Hebrews 9:15 (Cremer, 27).