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κήρυγμα

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Gloss: preaching

Transliteration: kērugma

Strong’s: G2782

κήρυγμα, -τος, τό
(κηρύσσω), [in LXX: 2Ch.30:5 (קוֹל), Jon.3.2 (קְרִיאָה), Pro.9:3, I Est.9:3 * ;]
in cl.,
that which is cried by a herald, a proclamation. In NT (see Lft., Notes, 161), of God's heralds, proclamation, message, preaching (i.e. the substance as distinct from the act which would be expressed by † κήρυξις): Mat.12:41, Luk.11:32, 1Co.1:21, 2Ti.4:17, Tit.1:3; with genitive cubic., τὸ κ. μου, 1Co.2:4; ἡμῶν, 1Co.15:14; with genitive obj., Ἰησοῦ Χρ., Rom.16:25.†
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