Strong's Concordance
kérux: a herald
Original Word: κῆρυξ, υκος, ὁ
Part of Speech: Noun, Masculine
Transliteration: kérux
Phonetic Spelling: (kay'-roox)
Definition: a herald
Usage: a herald, preacher, proclaimer.
HELPS Word-studies
Cognate: 2783 kḗryks (from
2784 /kērýssō, "to herald, proclaim") – properly,
a herald, a "town-crier"
proclaiming critical news for the
public (see also
1557 /ekdíkēsis, "the
town-gathering"); a preacher (a herald-communicator).
2783 /kḗryks ("a preacher, herald") proclaims
Christ (His work) with passion and a
binding sense of authority.
See 2784 (
kēryssō).
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 2783: κῆρυξ
κῆρυξ, less correctly (yet so L WH) κῆρυξ (on the accent see Winers Grammar, § 6, 1 c.; (Buttmann, 13 (12)); Lipsius, Gramm. Untersuch., p. 36; (Chandler § 622; Göttling, p. 254f; Lob. Paralip., p. 411; W. Dindorf in Stephanus Thesaurus, under the word; Tdf. Proleg., p. 101)), κήρυκος, ὁ (akin to γῆρυς a voice, a sound, γηρύω to utter a sound, to speak; (yet cf. Vanicek, p. 140)); common in Greek writings from Homer down;
a herald, a messenger vested with public authority, who conveyed the official messages of kings, magistrates, princes, military commanders, or who gave a public summons or demand, and performed various other duties. In the O. T.,
Genesis 41:43;
Daniel 3:4; Sir. 20:15. In the N. T. God's ambassador, and the herald or proclaimer of the divine word: δικαιοσύνης, one who summoned to righteousness, of Noah,
2 Peter 2:5; used of the apostles, as the divine messengers of the salvation procured by Christ and to be embraced through him,
1 Timothy 2:7;
2 Timothy 1:11.