Numbers 14:34
After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
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1 John 2:25
And this is the promise that he hath promised us, even eternal life.
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ἐπαγγελία
epangelía · ep-ang-el-ee'-ah
40 times translated as this KJV form53 total Strong's occurrences
an announcement (for information, assent or pledge; especially a divine assurance of good)
Strong's KJV usage: :--message, promise.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Luke 24:49Strong's last: 1 John 2:25
Open full G1860 profile →דָּבָר
dâbâr · daw-baw'
6 times translated as this KJV form1,425 total Strong's occurrences
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
Strong's KJV usage: act, advice, affair, answer, × any such (thing), because of, book, business, care, case, cause, certain rate, chronicles, commandment, × commune(-ication), concern(-ing), confer, counsel, dearth, decree, deed, × disease, due, duty, effect, eloquent, errand, (evil favoured-) ness, glory, harm, hurt, iniquity, judgment, language, lying, manner, matter, message, (no) thing, oracle, × ought, × parts, pertaining, please, portion, power, promise, provision, purpose, question, rate, reason, report, request, × (as hast) said, sake, saying, sentence, sign, so, some (uncleanness), somewhat to say, song, speech, × spoken, talk, task, that, × there done, thing (concerning), thought, thus, tidings, what(-soever), wherewith, which, word, work.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Kings 8:56Strong's last: Psalms 105:42
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epangéllō · ep-ang-el'-lo
2 times translated as this KJV form18 total Strong's occurrences
to announce upon (reflexively), i.e. (by implication) to engage to do something, to assert something respecting oneself
Strong's KJV usage: :--profess, (make) promise.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Hebrews 6:13Strong's last: 2 Peter 2:19
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epángelma · ep-ang'-el-mah
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a self-committal (by assurance of conferring some good)
Strong's KJV usage: :--promise.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Peter 3:13Strong's last: 2 Peter 3:13
Open full G1862 profile →אֹמֶר
ʼômer · o'-mer
1 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: promise, speech, thing, word.
Strong's first: Psalms 77:8Strong's last: Psalms 77:8
Open full H562 profile →תְּנוּאָה
tᵉnûwʼâh · ten-oo-aw'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
alienation; by implication, enmity
Strong's KJV usage: breach of promise, occasion.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 14:34Strong's last: Numbers 14:34
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H8569
After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.
H1697
Blessed be the LORD, that hath given rest unto his people Israel, according to all that he promised: there hath not failed one word of all his good promise, which he promised by the hand of Moses his servant.
H1697
Now, O LORD God, let thy promise unto David my father be established: for thou hast made me king over a people like the dust of the earth in multitude.
H1697
Then said they, We will restore them, and will require nothing of them; so will we do as thou sayest. Then I called the priests, and took an oath of them, that they should do according to this promise.
H1697
Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
H1697
Also I shook my lap, and said, So God shake out every man from his house, and from his labour, that performeth not this promise, even thus be he shaken out, and emptied. And all the congregation said, Amen, and praised the LORD. And the people did according to this promise.
H562
Is his mercy clean gone for ever? doth his promise fail for evermore?
H1697
For he remembered his holy promise, and Abraham his servant.
G1860
And, behold, I send the promise of my Father upon you: but tarry ye in the city of Jerusalem, until ye be endued with power from on high.
G1860
And, being assembled together with them, commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father, which, saith he, ye have heard of me.
G1860
Therefore being by the right hand of God exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.
G1860
For the promise is unto you, and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even as many as the Lord our God shall call.
G1860
But when the time of the promise drew nigh, which God had sworn to Abraham, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,
G1860
Of this man's seed hath God according to his promise raised unto Israel a Saviour, Jesus:
G1860
And we declare unto you glad tidings, how that the promise which was made unto the fathers,
G1860
But do not thou yield unto them: for there lie in wait for him of them more than forty men, which have bound themselves with an oath, that they will neither eat nor drink till they have killed him: and now are they ready, looking for a promise from thee.
G1860
And now I stand and am judged for the hope of the promise made of God unto our fathers:
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Unto which promise our twelve tribes, instantly serving God day and night, hope to come. For which hope's sake, king Agrippa, I am accused of the Jews.
G1860
For the promise, that he should be the heir of the world, was not to Abraham, or to his seed, through the law, but through the righteousness of faith.
G1860
For if they which are of the law be heirs, faith is made void, and the promise made of none effect:
G1860
Therefore it is of faith, that it might be by grace; to the end the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham; who is the father of us all,
G1860
He staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief; but was strong in faith, giving glory to God;
G1860
That is, They which are the children of the flesh, these are not the children of God: but the children of the promise are counted for the seed.
G1860
For this is the word of promise, At this time will I come, and Sara shall have a son.
G1860
That the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ; that we might receive the promise of the Spirit through faith.
English meaning and historical usage.
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promise
PROM'ISE, noun [Latin promissum, from promitto, to send before or forward; pro and mitto, to send.]
1. In a general sense, a declaration, written or verbal, made by one person to another, which binds the person who makes it, either in honor, conscience or law, to do or forbear a certain act specified; a declaration which gives to the person to whom it is made, a right to expect or to claim the performance or forbearance of the act. The promise of a visit to my neighbor, gives him a right to expect it, and I am bound in honor and civility to perform the promise Of such a promise human laws have no cognizance; but the fulfillment of it is one of the minor moralities, which civility, kindness and strict integrity require to be observed.
2. In law, a declaration, verbal or written, made by one person to another for a good or valuable consideration, in the nature of a covenant, by which the promiser binds himself, and as the case may be, his legal representatives, to do or forbear some act; and gives to the promisee a legal right to demand and enforce a fulfillment.
3. A binding declaration of something to be done or given for another's benefit; as the promise of a grant of land. A promise may be absolute or conditional; lawful or unlawful; express or implied. An absolute promise must be fulfilled at all events. The obligation to fulfill a conditional promise depends on the performance of the condition. An unlawful promise is not binding, because it is void; for it is incompatible with a prior paramount obligation of obedience to the laws. An express promise is one expressed in words or writing. An implied promise is one which reason and justice dictate. If I hire a man to perform a day's labor, without any declaration that I will pay him, the law presumes a promise on my part that I will give him a reasonable reward, and will enforce much implied promise
4. Hopes; expectation, or that which affords expectation of future distinction; as a youth of great promise
My native country was full of youthful promise
5. That which is promised; fulfillment or grant of what is promised.
He commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem, but wait for the promise of the Father. Acts 1:4.
6. In Scripture, the promise of God is the declaration or assurance which God has given in his word of bestowing blessings on his people. Such assurance resting on the perfect justice, power, benevolence and immutable veracity of God, cannot fail of performance.
The Lord is not slack concerning his promises. 2 Peter 3:4.
PROM'ISE, verb transitive To make a declaration to another, which binds the promiser in honor, conscience or law, to do or forbear some act; as, to promise a visit to a friend; to promise a cessation of hostilities; to promise the payment of money.
1. To afford reason to expect; as, the year promises a good harvest.
2. To make declaration or give assurance of some benefit to be conferred; to pledge or engage to bestow.
The proprietors promised large tracts of land.
PROM'ISE, verb intransitive To assure one by a promise or binding declaration. The man promises fair; let us forgive him.
1. To afford hopes or expectations; to give ground to expect good. The youth promises to be an eminent man; the wheat promises to be a good crop; the weather promises to be pleasant.
2. In popular use, this verb sometimes threatens or assures of evil. The rogue shall be punished, I promise you.
Will not the ladies be afraid of the lion?
--I fear it, I promise you.
In the latter example, promise is equivalent to declare; 'I declare to you.'
3. To promise one's self, to be assured or to have strong confidence.
I dare promise myself you will attest the truth of all I have advanced.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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