Lexical Definition

‎ἐπαγγελία‎ epangelía (ep-ang-el-ee'-ah) promise G:N-F
from ‎ἐπαγγέλλω‎

message, promise.

Usage: 8 forms in 55 verses
Form Translated As     In Verse(s)
ἐπαγγελιῶν promises Gal.3.21 • Heb.11.33
ἐπαγγελίασ Of promise Rom.9.9 • Gal.4.28 • Eph.1.13
a promise Gal.3.18 • Gal.3.18
promise Acts.7.17 • Acts.26.6 • Rom.9.8 • Gal.4.23 • Eph.2.12 • Eph.3.6 • Heb.4.1 • Heb.6.15 • Heb.6.17 • Heb.11.9 • Heb.11.9 • 2Pet.3.9
promises 2Cor.7.1 • Heb.6.12 • Heb.7.6 • Heb.11.13 • Heb.11.17
promises given Rom.15.8
ἐπαγγελίαν promise Luke.24.49 • Acts.1.4 • Acts.13.23 • Acts.13.32 • Acts.23.21 • Rom.4.16 • Rom.4.20 • Gal.3.14 • Gal.3.17 • Gal.3.29 • 1Tim.4.8 • 2Tim.1.1 • Heb.9.15 • Heb.10.36 • Heb.11.39
the promise Acts.2.33
ἐπαγγελίαισ promises Heb.8.6
ἐπαγγελίαι a promise Eph.6.2
promises Rom.9.4 • 2Cor.1.20 • Gal.3.16
ἐπαγγελία promise Acts.2.39 • Rom.4.13 • Rom.4.14 • Gal.3.22 • 2Pet.3.4 • 1John.2.25
επαγγελίαν his promise LXX.Amos.9.6
promise LXX.Esth.4.7
επαγγελία your promise LXX.Ps.56.8

Abbott-Smith

ἐπ-αγγελία, -ας, ἡ (< ἐπαγγέλλω), [in LXX: Ps 55(56):8* (סֵפֶר), etc. ;]
1. a summons (as Attic law-term, Dem., al.).
2. a promise (Dem., Arist., al.): Ac 23:21; esp. in NT of the divine promises, Ac 7:17, Ro 4:14, 16 9:4, Ga 3:17, 18, 21 4:23, He 8:6 11:9, 17, II Pe 3:9; c. inf., He 4:1; γίνεται, etc., c. dat. pers., Ac 2:39, Ro 4:13, Ga 3:16; seq. πρός, Ac 13:32 26:6; έπαγγέλεσθαι τὴν ἐ., I Jo 2:25; ἔχειν ἐπαγγελίας, He 7:6, II Co 7:1; εἷναι νἐ έπαγγελίᾳ, Eph 6:2; ἡ γῆ τῆς ἐ., He 11:9; τὰ τέκνα τῆς ἐ., Ro 9:8, Ga 4:28; τ. πνεῦμα τῆς ἐ. τ. ἅγιον, Eph 1:13; αἱ διαθῆκαι τῆς ἐ., Eph 2:12; ἡ ἐ. τ. θεοῦ, Ro 4:20; pl., II Co 1:20; αἱ ἐ. τ. πατέρων, Ro 15:8; c. gen. obj., τ. ζωῆς (v. Dalman, Words, 103), I Ti 4:8; τ. παρουσίας αὐτοῦ, II Pe 3:4; κατ ̓ ἐπαγγελίαν, Ac 13:23, Ga 3:29, II Ti 1:1; δι ̓ ἐπαγγελίας, Ga 3:18; συμμέτοχα τῆς ἐ., Eph 3:6; λόγος ἐπαγγελίας, Ro 9:9. By meton. (cf. ἐλπίς), of a promised blessing: Lk 24:49, Ac 1:14, Ga 3:22, He 6:12, 15, 17 10:36 11:13, 33, 39; c. gen. epexeg., Ac 2:33 Ga 3:14, He 9:15 (Cremer, 27).†

Abbott-Smith References

Book Refs
Psalms 56:8*
Luke 24:49
Acts 1:14 · 2:33 · 2:39 · 7:17 · 13:23 · 13:32 · 23:21 · 26:6
Romans 4:13 · 4:14 · 4:16 · 4:20 · 9:4 · 9:8 · 9:9 · 15:8
2 Corinthians 1:20 · 7:1
Galatians 3:14 · 3:16 · 3:17 · 3:18 · 3:21 · 3:22 · 3:29 · 4:23 · 4:28
Ephesians 1:13 · 2:12 · 3:6 · 6:2
1 Timothy 4:8
2 Timothy 1:1
Hebrews 4:1 · 6:12 · 6:15 · 6:17 · 7:6 · 8:6 · 9:15 · 10:36 · 11:9 · 11:13 · 11:17 · 11:33 · 11:39
2 Peter 3:4 · 3:9
1 John 2:25

Liddell-Scott-Jones

ἐπαγγελία-ελία, ἡ,

command, summons, [Refs 2nd c.BC+]

__b announcement, notice, [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; τοῦ ἀγῶνος [LXX]; variant in [NT]
__2 as law-term, ἐ. (i.e. δοκιμασίας) summons to attend a δοκιμασία τῶν ῥητόρων (see. ἐπαγγελίαέλλω [ἐπαγγελίαέλλειν 4th c.BC: Aeschines Orator 1.64, compare 81; πρὸς τοὺς θεσμοθέτας ἔσθ᾽ ἡμῖν ἐ. 4th c.BC: Demosthenes Orator 22.29 ">Refs 4th c.BC+]: generally, notification, summons, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__3 offer, promise, profession, undertaking, [ἐπαγγελίαελίας ποιεῖσθαί τινι 2nd c.BC: Polybius Historicus 1.72.6 ">Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἐν ἐν ἐπαγγελίαελίᾳ καταλιπών having left it as a promise, [Refs]; τὴν ἐ. ἐπὶ τέλος ἀγαγεῖν [Refs 3rd c.BC+]; ὤμων ἐπαγγελίαελίᾳ the promise of his shoulders, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]; ἐξ ἐ., ={ἐπαγγελίαειλάμενος}, [Refs]; ἐ. ποιησάμενος ἐκ τῶν ἰδίων [Refs]; ἐβεβαίωσεν τὴν ἐ. [Refs]
__4 indication, τοῦ ἐσομένου [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__5 plural, canvassing, = Latin ambitus, probably falsa lectio for{παρ-}, [Refs 1st c.AD+]
__6 ={ἐπάγγελμα} 2, subject of a treatise, [Refs 2nd c.AD+]
__7 the curative property claimed for prescriptions or drugs, ταῖς τῶν φαρμάκων ἐ. their advertised properties, [Refs 1st c.AD+]; ἐ. ἐπιτηδεύματος public exercise of a profession, Men.Prot.p.1D.

LSJ Scripture Refs: 1John.1.5