CHAPTER 7 Defining Evangelizing - Evangelism Unlimited

426 Evangelizology
Appears to be used in contexts where man reveals information about someone or something, 1 Cor 1:11;
Col 1:8; where persons of the Trinity reveal something to someone, Heb 9:8; 1 Pet 1:11; 2 Pet 1:14; of
revelation in interpreting Scripture, Heb 12:27; and of the future revelation of our works, 1 Cor 3:13.
r. evmfani,zw: inform, make known, report [bring charges], declare plainly (KJV); reveal, appear,
John 14:21, 22; Acts 23:15, 22; 24:1; 25:2, 15 (cf. Matt 27:53):
John 14:22, “Judas (not Iscariot) said to Him, ‘Lord, what then has happened that You are going to
disclose Yourself to us and not to the world?’”
Acts 23:22, “So the commander let the young man go, instructing him, "Tell no one that you have notified
me of these things.’”
s. shmai,nw (6 NT uses; 26 OT LXX uses): indicate, signify, reveal:
Acts 11:28, “And one of them named Agabus stood up and began to indicate by the Spirit that there
would certainly be a great famine all over the world. And this took place in the reign of Claudius”
Regarding Begging, Praying
t. evrwta,w: pray, plead, ask, beg (often of prayer) [verb perhaps related to oratory], cf. Acts 16:39:
Acts 18:20, “When they asked him to stay for a longer time”
Regarding Idle Speech
u. lh/roj (noun; hapax): idle talk, nonsense, Luke 24:11, “And these words appeared to them as
nonsense, and they would not believe them”
Miscellaneous
v. proere,w (9 NT uses), meaning to tell beforehand: primary usage is to remind the listeners of past
warning