engage to do something

. to announce, proclaim ; to promise . Mid., also freq. in both these senses; to profess : c. dat. pers., ; c. acc rei, , ; c. dat pers. et acc rei, , ; , ; c. inf., , ; seq. , ; ptcp., ; to promise He 6:13 Ro 4:21 Tit 1:2 Ja 1:12 2:5 II Pe 2:19 I Jo 2:25 Mk 14:11 Ac 7:5 He 12:26 He 10:23 11:11 ἐπαγγελίαν λέγων : , ; , . Pass., (cf. ; and v. Cremer, 26).† to profess θεοσέβειαν γνῶσιν προ-επαγγέλλω I Ti 2:10 I Ti 6:21 Ga 3:19

heeft, was, belooft, belijden, beloofde

I promise, profess.

to profess

to announce upon (reflexively), i.e. (by implication) to engage to do something, to assert something respecting oneself

profess, (make) promise

ἐπ-αγγέλλω [in LXX: Est.4:8 (אָמַר), Pro.13:12, Wis.2:13, al. ;] 1. to announce, proclaim. 2. (a) to promise; (b) to profess. Mid., also frequently in both these senses; (with) to promise: with dab. of person(s), Heb.6:13; with accusative of thing(s), Rom.4:21, Tit.1:2; with dative of person(s) and accusative of thing(s), Jas.1:12 2:5, 2Pe.2:19; ἐπαγγελίαν, 1Jn.2:25; with inf., Mrk.14:11, Act.7:5; before λέγων, Heb.12:26; ptcp., Heb.10:23 11:11; (d) to profess: θεοσέβειαν, 1Ti.2:10; γνῶσιν, 1Ti.6:21. Pass., Gal.3:19 (cf. προ-επαγγέλλω; and see Cremer, 26).† (AS)