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In Luke 4:18 the
RV
“to preach good tidings” gives the correct quotation from Isaiah,
rather than the
KJV
“to preach the Gospel.” In the Sept. the verb is used of any message
intended to cheer the hearers, e.g. 1 Sam. 31:9; 2 Sam. 1:20. See
GOSPEL
, B, No. 1.
2.
$
(
$"
, 2784) signities (a) “to be a herald,” or, in general, “to
proclaim,” e.g., Matt. 3:1; Mark 1:45, “publish”; in Luke 4:18,
RV
, “to proclaim,”
KJV
,
“to preach”; so verse 19; Luke 12:3; Acts 10:37; Rom. 2:21; Rev. 5:2. In 1 Pet. 3:19 the
probable reference is, not to glad tidings (which there is no real evidence that Noah
preached, nor is there evidence that the spirits of antediluvian people are actually “in
prison”), but to the act of Christ after His resurrection in proclaiming His victory to fallen
angelic spirits; (b) “to preach the gospel as a herald,” e.g., Matt. 24:14; Mark 13:10,
RV
,
“be preached” (
KJV
, “be published”); 14:9; 16:15, 20; Luke 8:1; 9:2; 24:47; Acts 8:5;
19:13; 28:31; Rom. 10:14, present participle, lit., “(one) preaching,” “a preacher”; 10:15
(1st part); 1 Cor. 1:23; 15:11, 12; 2 Cor. 1:19; 4:5; 11:4; Gal. 2:2; Phil. 1:15; Col. 1:23; 1
Thess. 2:9; 1 Tim. 3:16; (c) “to preach the word,” 2 Tim. 4:2 (of the ministry of the
Scriptures, with special reference to the gospel). See
PROCLAIM
,
PUBLISH
.
3.
$
(
$
&
, 4283): see
GOSPEL
, B, No. 2.
4.
$
(
$
$"
, 4296), lit., “to proclaim as a herald” ( , before, and
No. 2), is used in Acts 13:24, “had first preached.” Some mss. have the verb in Acts 3:20;
for the best see
APPOINT
, No. 12.¶
5.
(
9: 1
, 3955), “to be bold in speech,” is translated “to
preach boldly” in Acts 9:27 (2nd part); in v. 29,
RV
(
KJV
, “he spake boldly”). See
BOLD
,
A, No. 2.
Notes:
(1) For
, translated “preach” in Luke 9:60, see
DECLARE
, A, No. 3.
(2)
, “to proclaim,” is always so translated in the
RV
; the
KJV
renders it by “to
preach” in Acts 4:2; 13:5, 38; 15:36; 17:3, 13; 1 Cor. 9:14; Col. 1:28. (3)
6
, “to
speak,” is translated “preached,” Mark 2:2,
KJV
, “preached” (
RV
, “spake”); in Acts 8:25,
1st part,
KJV
(
RV
, “spoken”); so in 13:42 and 14:25; “preaching” in Acts 11:19,
KJV
, but
what is indicated here is not a formal “preaching” by the believers scattered from
Jerusalem, but a general testimony to all with whom they came into contact; in 16:6,
RV
,
“to speak” (
KJV
, “to preach”). (4) For
, in
KJV
of Acts 20:7, 9, see
DISCOURSE
.
(5) For
KJV
, “preached” in Heb. 4:2 (2nd part), see
HEARING
. (6) In Rom. 15:19
,
“to fulfill” (
RV
, marg.), is rendered “I have fully preached.”
B. Nouns.
$
(
)$
, 2782), “a proclamation by a herald” (akin to A, No. 2), denotes
“a message, a preaching” (the substance of what is “preached” as distinct from the act of
“preaching”), Matt. 12:41; Luke 11:32; Rom. 16:25; 1 Cor. 1:21; 2:4; 15:14; in 2 Tim.
4:17 and Titus 1:3,
RV
, “message,” marg., “proclamation,”
KJV
, “preaching.” See
MESSAGE
.¶ In the Sept., 2 Chron. 30:5; Prov. 9:3; Jonah 3:2.¶
Note:
In 1 Cor. 1:18,
KJV
,
, “a word,” is translated “preaching,”
RV
, “the word
(of the Cross),” i.e., not the act of “preaching,” but the substance of the testimony, all that
God has made known concerning the subject. For Heb. 4:2,
KJV
, see
HEAR
, B, No. 1.
PREACHER