κήρυγμα

Ancient Greek

Etymology

From κηρύσσω (kērússō, “I proclaim”) +‎ -μᾰ (-ma, result noun suffix), from κῆρῠξ (kêrux, “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 • (kḗrugma) 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 kḗrugma	τὼ κηρῠ́γμᾰτε tṑ kērúgmate	τᾰ̀ κηρῠ́γμᾰτᾰ tà kērúgmata
Genitive	τοῦ κηρῠ́γμᾰτος toû kērúgmatos	τοῖν κηρῠγμᾰ́τοιν toîn kērugmátoin	τῶν κηρῠγμᾰ́των tôn kērugmátōn
Dative	τῷ κηρῠ́γμᾰτῐ tôi kērúgmati	τοῖν κηρῠγμᾰ́τοιν toîn kērugmátoin	τοῖς κηρῠ́γμᾰσῐ / κηρῠ́γμᾰσῐν toîs kērúgmasi(n)
Accusative	τὸ κήρῠγμᾰ tò kḗrugma	τὼ κηρῠ́γμᾰτε tṑ kērúgmate	τᾰ̀ κηρῠ́γμᾰτᾰ tà kērúgmata
Vocative	κήρῠγμᾰ kḗrugma	κηρῠ́γμᾰτε kērúgmate	κηρῠ́γμᾰτᾰ kērúgmata
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