kērygma · proclamation

What it means

kērygma (κήρυγμα) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “proclamation”.

The message announced.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. The message announced aloud.

From Abbott-Smith (1922)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• proclamation ×7
• preaching ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×1
• Mark×1
• Luke×1
• 1 Corinthians×3
• 2 Timothy×1
• Titus×1

• Matthew 12:41

  The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they changed their minds at the proclamation of Jonah; and look, something greater than Jonah is here.

• Mark 16:8

  And they went out and fled from the tomb, for trembling and astonishment had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid. Shorter ending: And all that they had been commanded they reported briefly to those around Peter. And after these things Jesus himself also sent out through them, from east to west, the sacred and imperishable proclamation of eternal salvation. Amen.

• Luke 11:32

  The men of Nineveh will rise up at the judgment with this generation and condemn it, because they changed their minds at the proclamation of Jonah, and look, something greater than Jonah is here.

• 1 Corinthians 1:21

  For since, in the wisdom of God, the world did not know God through wisdom, God was pleased through the foolishness of the proclamation to save those who believe.

• 1 Corinthians 2:4

  and my word and my proclamation were not with persuasion of wisdom, but with a demonstration of the Spirit and of power,

• 1 Corinthians 15:14

  and if the Messiah has not been raised, then our preaching is empty, and your faith is empty.

• 2 Timothy 4:17

  But the Lord stood by me and strengthened me, so that through me the proclamation might be fully carried out and all the nations might hear; and I was rescued from the mouth of the lion.

• Titus 1:3

  and at the proper time he revealed his word in the proclamation with which I was entrusted by command of God our Savior,