Quick Definition
a reporter, herald
Strong's Definition
a proclaimer
Derivation: from G2605 (καταγγέλλω);
KJV Usage: setter forth
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
καταγγελεύς, καταγγελεως, ὁ (καταγγέλλω, which see), "announcer (Vulg.annuntiator), proclaimer: with the genitive of the object, Act_17:18. (Ecclesiastical writings.)
Mounce Concise Greek Dictionary
καταγγελεύς katangeleus 1x
one who announces anything, a proclaimer, publisher, Act_17:18
Abbott-Smith Greek Lexicon
† καταγγελεύς , -έως , ὁ ,
a proclaimer, herald (in Inscr ., κ . ἀγώνων , Deiss., LAE , 97): c . gen . obj., Act_17:18 .†
Moulton & Milligan — Vocabulary of the Greek NT
καταγγελεύς [page 324]
The occurrence of this NT ἅπ . εἰρ . ( Act_17:18 ) in a decree of the Mytilenians in honour of the Emperor Augustus, OGIS 456 .10 (B.C. 27 11) καταγγελεῖς τῶν πρώτων ἀ (χ )θησο [μένων ἀγώνων , heralds of the first games that shall be held, is, as Deissmann points out ( LAE p. 97), sufficient to prevent its relegation to eccles. writ (Thayer).
For καταγγελία see OGIS 319 .13 (after B.C. 159) τὴν καταγγ [ε ]λίαν ἐποιήσαντο πρεπόντως .
Liddell-Scott — Intermediate Greek Lexicon
καταγγελεύς καταγγελεύς, έως, [Etym: = κατάγγελος, NTest. ]
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Greek Lexicon
καταγγελεύς, -έως, ὁ
a proclaimer, herald (in Inscr., κ. ἀγώνων, Deiss., LAE, 97): with genitive obj., Act.17:18.†
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