προκηρύσσω: 1 aorist participle προκηρυξας; perfect passive participle προκεκηρυγμενος; 1. to announce or proclaim by herald beforehand (Xenophon, resp. Lac. 11, 2; Isaeus, p. 60, 2; Polybius, Josephus, Plutarch, others). 2. universally, to announce beforehand (of the herald himself, Sophocles El. 684): Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, i. e. his advent, works, and sufferings, passive, Act_3:20 Rcc.; τί, Act_13:24 (Ἰερεμίας τά μέλλοντα τῇ πόλει δεῖνα προεκηρυξεν, Josephus, Antiquities 10, 5, 1).

προκηρύσσω prokēryssō 1x to announce publicly; in NT to announce before, Act_13:24

* προ -κηρύσσω , 1. to proclaim by herald. 2. Of one who acts as a herald, to proclaim: Act_13:24 .†

προκηρύσσω [page 542] literally proclaim as a herald beforehand ( Act_13:24 ) : cf. PSI V. 486 .7 (B.C. 258 7) Ἀπολ̣λώνιος προκεκήρυχεν στεγ̣νὰ παρέξειν ( sc . τὰ χώματα ), P Petr II. 13 (18 b ) .10 (B.C. 258 3) ἔκθες οὖν ἔκθεμα καὶ προκήρυξον , issue then a public notice and advertize, P Eleph 23 .15 (B.C. 223 2) ἣν ( sc. γῆν ) προκηρύσσεις ὡς οὖσαν Ψεντεῆτος τοῦ Ἐσθφήνιος , BGU III. 992 i. 8 (B.C.162) τῶν προτεθέντων εἰς πρᾶσιν καὶ προκηρυχθέντων ἐν Διοσπόλει , P Oxy I. 44 .21 (late i/A.D.) πολλάκις προκηρυχθεισῶν , of taxes put up to auction several times, Chrest. I. 81 .16 (A.D. 197) σὺ φρόντισον σὺν τῷ βασιλ (ικῷ ) γρα (μματεῖ ) τὰς τάξεις προκηρῦξαι , and P Lond 1919 .29 ( c. A.D. 330 340) ἐφάνη δὲ ἡ ἀγάπη ὑμῶν ἐν πᾶσι ἡ προκυρ̣ι̣σσομένη ( l . προκηρυσσομένη ), your love which is trumpeted abroad was shown in all things (Bell). For the corresponding subst. = auction, cf. P Oxy IV. 716 .20 (A.D. 186) τὴν προκήρυξιν γενέσθαι , that a public auction should be held.

προκηρύσσω attic -ττω fut. ξω "to proclaim by herald, proclaim publicly", Soph. : c. acc. rei, id=Soph.

προ-κηρύσσω __1. to proclaim by herald. __2. Of one who acts as a herald, to proclaim: Act.13:24.† (AS)