GREEK WORD STUDY
PREACH
dialegomai
to speak throughout, dialogue
Acts 20:7, 9
“And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to
break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow;
and continued his speech (logos word, topic, discuss,
reasoning, account, communication, preach, talk, reckon, utterance, tidings,
treatise) until midnight. And there sat in a window a certain young man
named Eutiychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was long
preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third loft,
and was taken up dead.”
euaggelizo
to tell or announce good news, good tidings,
declare, evangelize
Act 5:42
“And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach and
preach Jesus Christ.”
kataggello
to tell thoroughly
Acts 4:2
“Being grieved that they taught the people, and preached through
Jesus the resurrection from the dead.”
kerusso
to cry, proclaim as herald, declare, preach, show, speak of, public crier,
publish
Acts 28:31
“Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which
concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.”
Preach
euaggelizo to tell or announce good news, good tidings, declare,
evangelize; and kerusso to herald, public crier, preach,
proclaim, publish
Message: Concerning Jesus Christ; Kingdom of
God; Gospel; Good News; Jesus; Word of the Lord; Christ Crucified;
Resurrection; Triumphant Return; Eternal Kingdom
Combination of Preaching and Teaching:
Acts 5:42
“And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach
and preach Jesus Christ.”
Acts 15:35
“Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and
preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.”
Acts 20:7-9
“And upon the first day of the week, when the disciples came together to
break bread, Paul preached unto them, ready to depart on the morrow;
and continued his speech
(logos topic, discourse, reasoning,
account, communication, preach, tell, reckon, utterance, tidings, treatise,
word) until midnight. And there were many lights in the upper chamber,
where they were gathered together. And there sat in the window a certain
young man named Eutychus, being fallen into a deep sleep: and as Paul was
long preaching, he sunk down with sleep, and fell down from the third
loft, and was taken up dead.”
Acts 28:30-31
“And Paul dwelt two whole years in his own hired house, and received all
that came in unto him, preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching
those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ, withal confidence, no man
forbidding him.”
PROPHECY
propheteia
revelations revealed or made known
I Thessalonians 5:20
“Despise not prophesyings.”
Acts 2:17-18
“And it shall come to pass in the last days, saith God, I will pour out of
my Spirit upon all flesh: and your sons and your daughter shall prophesy,
and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams:
And on my servants and on my handmaidens I will pour out in those days of my
Spirit; and they shall prophesy:”
Acts 21:9
“And the same man (Phillip) had four daughters, virgins, which did
prophesy.”
I Corinthians 11:5
“But every woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered
dishonoreth her head: for that is even all one as if she were shaven.”
TEACH
didasko
to teach or instruct
Matthew 18:20
“Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
Acts 5:42
“And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach
and preach Jesus Christ.”
Romans 12:6-7 “Having then gifts differing
according to the grace that is given to us, whether Prophecy, let us
prophesy according to the proportion of faith; or ministry, let us wait on
our ministering: or he that teacheth, on teaching…”
Colossians 3:16
“Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching
psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to
the Lord.”
I Timothy 2:12
“But I suffer not a woman to teach, nor to usurp authority over the
man, but to be in silence.”
II Timothy 2:2
“And the things that thou hast heard of me among many witnesses, the same
commit thou to faithful men, who shall be able to teach others
also.”
didaskalia
instruction, doctrine, learning, teaching
Romans 12:6-7
“Having then gifts differing according to the grace that is given to us,
whether prophecy, let us prophesy according to the proportion of faith; or
ministry, let us wait on our ministering: or he that teach, on teaching…”
katag
to tell down thoroughly
Acts 16:21
“And teach customs, which are not lawful for us to receive, neither
to observe, being Romans.”
ketecheo
instruct orally, to sound down in the ears, indoctrinate, to apprise of,
inform, instruct, teach
Galatians 6:6
“Let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that
teacheth in all good things.”
matheteuo
to make a disciple, to disciple, learner, imitator, adherence
Matthew 28:18-20
“And Jesus came and spake unto them, saying, All power is given unto me in
heaven and in earth. Go ye therefore, and teach all nations,
baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy
Ghost: teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you:
and, lo, I am with you always, even unto the end of the world. Amen.”
paideua
to train, instruct, train up a child, educate, discipline, teach
Titus 2:12
“Teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should
live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world;”
Combination of Preaching and Teaching
Preach euaggelizo and kerusso;
Teach didasko
Acts 5:42
“And daily in the temple, and in every house, they ceased not to teach
and preach Jesus Christ.”
Acts 15:35
“Paul also and Barnabas continued in Antioch, teaching and
preaching the word of the Lord, with many others also.”
Acts 28:31
“Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which
concern the Lord Jesus Christ, with all confidence, no man forbidding him.”
SPEAK
laleo
to talk, tell, utter words, preach, say, speak
I Corinthians 14:35
“And if they will learn anything, let them ask their husbands at home: for
it is a shame for women to speak in the church.”
lego
to layout, say, tell, speaking, to lay forth, put forth, systematic
discourse,
Acts 1:3
“To whom also he shewed himself alive after his passion by many infallible
proofs, being seen of them forty days, and speaking of the things
pertaining to the kingdom of God.”
EXHORT
parakaleo
to call near or to call for
Hebrews 10:25
“Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some
is; but exhorting one another: and so much the more, as ye see the
day approaching.”
EXPOUND
ekithemi
to put forth
Acts 18:26
“And he (Apollos) began to speak boldly in the synagogue: whom when Aquilla
and Priscilla had heard, they took him unto them, and expounded unto
him the way of God more perfectly.”
SAID
phemi
to affirm, say
Acts 2:38
“Then Peter said unto them, Repent, and be baptized every one of you
in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins, and ye shall receive
the gift of the Holy Ghost.”
TALK
laleo
to tell, to talk, utter words, say, speak, tell
John 14:30
“Hereafter I will not talk much with you: for the prince of this
world cometh, and hath nothing in me.”
homileo-to
converse with
Acts 20:11
“When he (Paul) therefore was come up again, and had broken bread, and
eaten, and talked a long while, even till break of day, so he
departed.”
TELL
anagello
to tell, to tell again, to announce (in detail), declare, rehearse, report,
show, speak
II Corinthians 7:7
“And not by his (Titus) coming only, but by the consolation wherewith he was
comforted in you, when he told us your earnest desire, your mourning,
your fervent mind toward me; so that I rejoiced the more.”
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