preacher

Greek Noun Male

κῆρυξ (κήρ, T), -υκος, ὁ [in LXX: Dan LXX TH Dan.3:4 (כָּרוֹז), Gen.41:43, Sir.20:15, 4Ma.6:4 *;] a herald: 1Ti.2:7, 2Ti.1:11, 2Pe.2:5. (AS)

preacher

Greek Noun Male

κῆρυξ, ῡκος, ὁ, Aeolic dialect κᾶρυξ [ᾱ] [Refs 7th c.BC+]:—but κήρῡκος, ου, ὁ, [Refs]: (κηρύσσω):— herald, pursuivant: generally, public messenger, envoy, κ. λιγύφθογγοι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; θεῶν κ, of Hermes, [Refs 8th c.BC+], as being messengers between nations at war, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: as proper name of a family at Athens, [Refs 5th c.BC+] b) as feminine, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 2) crier, who made proclamation and kept order in assemblies, etc, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὁ τῶν μυστῶν κ, at Eleusis, [Refs 5th c.BC+] 3) auctioneer, ὑπὸ κήρυκος πωλεῖν [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀποδίδοσθαι ὑπὸ κήρυκι [Refs 1st c.AD+] 4) generally, messenger, herald, θεοὶ κήρυκες ἀγγέλλουσι [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the cock, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of writing, [Refs]; of Homer, ἡρώων κάρυκ᾽ ἀρετᾶς [NT] II) trumpet-shell, e.g. Triton nodiferum, and smaller species, [Refs 5th c.BC+]. [ῡ except accusative plural κήρῠκας [Refs 5th c.BC+], etc.] (Cf. Sanskrit kārús 'poet', kīrtis 'fame'.)

Greek

Noun Masculine

a herald, i.e. of divine truth (especially of the gospel); preacher; from g2784 (κηρύσσω)