κήρυγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κηρύσσω (kērússō, “I proclaim”) +‎ -μᾰ (-mă, result noun suffix), from κῆρῠξ (kêrŭx, “herald”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /kɛ̌ː.ryŋ.ma/ → /ˈci.ryɣ.ma/ → /ˈci.riɣ.ma/

• (5^th BCE Attic) IPA^(key): /kɛ̌ː.ryŋ.ma/
• (1^st CE Egyptian) IPA^(key): /ˈke̝.ryɡ.ma/
• (4^th CE Koine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ryɣ.ma/
• (10^th CE Byzantine) IPA^(key): /ˈci.ryɣ.ma/
• (15^th CE Constantinopolitan) IPA^(key): /ˈci.riɣ.ma/

Noun

κήρῠγμᾰ • (kḗrŭgmă) n (genitive κηρῠ́γμᾰτος); third declension

1. proclamation, edict, decree, especially if announced by herald

   Sophokles Antigone 7–8

   • Καὶ νῦν τί τοῦτ’ αὖ φασι πανδήμῳ πόλει κήρυγμα θεῖναι τὸν στρατηγὸν ἀρτίως;

     Kaì nûn tí toût’ aû phasi pandḗmōi pólei kḗrugma theînai tòn stratēgòn artíōs?

     And now, what new decree is this they tell, our captain has enjoined on all the State?

2. reward offered in a proclamation
3. Christian preaching, sermon
   • 1 Cor 15:14

     Εἰ δὲ Χριστὸς οὐκ ἐγήγερται, κενὸν ἄρα τὸ κήρυγμα ἡμῶν.

     Ei dè Khristòs ouk egḗgertai, kenòn ára tò kḗrugma hēmôn.

     And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain.

Inflection

Third declension of τὸ κήρῠγμᾰ; τοῦ κηρῠ́γμᾰτος (Attic)

Case / #	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	τὸ κήρῠγμᾰ tò kḗrŭgmă	τὼ κηρῠ́γμᾰτε tṑ kērŭ́gmăte	τᾰ̀ κηρῠ́γμᾰτᾰ tằ kērŭ́gmătă
Genitive	τοῦ κηρῠ́γμᾰτος toû kērŭ́gmătos	τοῖν κηρῠγμᾰ́τοιν toîn kērŭgmắtoin	τῶν κηρῠγμᾰ́των tôn kērŭgmắtōn
Dative	τῷ κηρῠ́γμᾰτῐ tôi kērŭ́gmătĭ	τοῖν κηρῠγμᾰ́τοιν toîn kērŭgmắtoin	τοῖς κηρῠ́γμᾰσῐ / κηρῠ́γμᾰσῐν toîs kērŭ́gmăsĭ(n)
Accusative	τὸ κήρῠγμᾰ tò kḗrŭgmă	τὼ κηρῠ́γμᾰτε tṑ kērŭ́gmăte	τᾰ̀ κηρῠ́γμᾰτᾰ tằ kērŭ́gmătă
Vocative	κήρῠγμᾰ kḗrŭgmă	κηρῠ́γμᾰτε kērŭ́gmăte	κηρῠ́γμᾰτᾰ kērŭ́gmătă
Notes:	This table gives Attic inflectional endings. For declension in other dialects, see Appendix:Ancient Greek dialectal declension.

Descendants

• → English: kerygma
• Greek: κήρυγμα (kírygma)

Further reading

• “κήρυγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “κήρυγμα”, in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
• κήρυγμα in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
• G2782 in Strong, James (1979) Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance to the Bible