CHAPTER 7 Defining Evangelizing - Evangelism Unlimited

364 Evangelizology
1—EVANGELIZE AND COGNATES
a. avgge,llw (1 NT use; Eng. “angel”) and cognates: 497
1) avnagge,llw (211 OT LXX uses; 14 total NT uses)—to declare, tell, announce, disclose,
unveil:
Of OT uses:
In Deut 8:3, where it is translated for the Heb yadah, to make known or teach
In Deut 17:4, it is used for the Heb nagad, speaking of reporting on a false teacher
a) Isa 42:12, “Let them give glory to the LORD, And declare (Heb. nagad, hiph, “declare, tell”)
His praise in the coastlands”
b) Isa 52:15, “For what had not been told (Heb. saphar, pual, “count, recount, relate”) them they
will see, And what they had not heard they will understand” (cf. Rom 15:21)
c) John 4:25, “He will declare all things to us”
d) Acts 19:18, “confessing and disclosing their practices”
e) Acts 20:20, “declaring to you anything that was profitable...”
f) Acts 20:27, “declaring to you the whole purpose of God”
g) 1 Pet 1:12, “these things now having been announced to you...”
h) 1 John 1:5, “announce to you”
Of NT uses:
This verb is used to describe the ministry of the Holy Spirit: John 16:13, 14, 15
Also used for sharing a testimony, Acts 19:18
2) avpagge,llw (200 OT LXX uses; 45 total NT uses):
a) Matt 11:4, “Go and report to John the things you hear and see”
b) Mark 5:19, “Go home to your people and report to them what great things the Lord has done for
you.”
c) Luke 7:22, “Go and report to John what you have seen and heard.”
d) Luke 18:37, “And they told him that Jesus of Nazareth was passing by.”
e) Acts 17:30, “God is now declaring to men that all everywhere should repent.”
f) Acts 26(19)-20, “Consequently, King Agrippa, I did not prove disobedient to the heavenly vision,
but kept declaring both to those of Damascus first, and also at Jerusalem and then throughout all
the region of Judea, and even to the Gentiles, that they should repent and turn to God, performing
deeds appropriate to repentance”
g) Heb 2:12, “saying, ‘I will proclaim Thy name to My brethren, In the midst of the congregation I
will sing Thy praise’” (quoting Psa 22:22[23]; Heb. Saphar; LXX διηγέομαι)
h) 1 John 1:2, “proclaim to you the eternal life”
i) 1 John 1:3, “we proclaim to you”
3) diagge,llw – to proclaim (6 OT LXX uses; 3 total NT uses):
a) Luke 9:60, “proclaim everywhere the kingdom of God”
b) Rom 9:17, “that my name might be proclaimed throughout the whole earth.”
4) evxagge,llw – to announce, to declare (9 OT LXX uses; 1[2] NT uses), also meaning to
exclaim, profess, publish, herald:
Friberg Lexicon: evxagge,llw 1aor. evxh,ggeila; report widely, proclaim throughout, tell everywhere
Liddell-Scott Lexicon: evxagge,llw - evx&agge,llw, f. elw/, to send out tidings, report, of traitors and the
like, Il., Att.:-Med. to cause to be proclaimed, Hdt., Soph.; c. inf. to promise to do, Eur.:-Pass. to
be reported, Hdt.; impers., evxagge,lletai it is reported, Id.
a) Mark 16:S, a,nta de. ta. parhggelme,na toi/j peri. to.n Pe,tron sunto,mwj evxh,ggeilan, (NLT), “Then
they briefly reported all this to Peter and his companions.”
b) I Peter 2:9, o[pwj ta.j avreta.j evxaggei,lhte, “that you may proclaim [exclaim, profess] the
excellencies”
497 A word about cognates. Cognates are words with the same root that have a variety of prefixes or suffixes
attached to them. The prefixes or suffixes add nuance to the meaning of the word. Luke was particularly adept at using a
wide range of terms, utilizing the entire range of cognates for emphasis. For example note Acts 16:6-10, in which he
uses multiple aorist cognates of the word e[rcomai: v. 6 dielqo,ntej; v. 7 evlqo,ntej; v. 8 parelqo,ntej; v. 10 evxelqei/n. The
preposition or lack thereof as a prefix gives a slightly different meaning to the word. At times the meanings change
considerably. There are numerous cognate words in the book of Acts for the proclamation of the Gospel. However,
unfortunately, many of the nuances of these cognates are lost in translation.