Herald
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(1): ( n.) A forerunner; a a precursor; a harbinger.
(2): ( n.) Any messenger.
(3): ( n.) An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war, to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. He was invested with a sacred and inviolable character.
(4): ( n.) In the Middle Ages, the officer charged with the above duties, and also with the care of genealogies, of the rights and privileges of noble families, and especially of armorial bearings. In modern times, some vestiges of this office remain, especially in England. See Heralds' College (below), and King-at-Arms.
(5): ( n.) A proclaimer; one who, or that which, publishes or announces; as, the herald of another's fame.
(6): ( v. t.) To introduce, or give tidings of, as by a herald; to proclaim; to announce; to foretell; to usher in.
King James Dictionary [2]
HER'ALD, n.
1. An officer whose business was to denounce or proclaim war,to challenge to battle, to proclaim peace, and to bear messages from the commander of an army. Hence, 2. A proclaimer a publisher as the herald of another's fame. 3. A forerunner a precursor a harbinger.
It was the lark, the herald of the morn.
4. An officer in Great Britain, whose business is to marshal, order and conduct royal cavalcades, ceremonies at coronations, royal marriages, installations, creations of dukes and other nobles, embassies, funeral processions, declarations of war, proclamations of peace, &c. also, to record and blazon the arms of the nobility and gentry, and to regulate abuses therein. 5. Formerly applied by the French to a minstrel.
HER'ALD, To introduce, as by a herald.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible [3]
Herald . The word occurs only in Daniel 3:4 as tr. [Note: translate or translation.] of Aram. [Note: Aramaic.] kârôz (probably = Gr. kçryx ). The herald is the mouthpiece of the king’s commands (cf. Genesis 41:43 , Esther 6:9 ). It is found also in RVm [Note: Revised Version margin.] of 1 Timothy 2:7 , 2 Timothy 1:11 , 2 Peter 2:5 , of St. Paul and Noah as heralds of God. The cognate Gr. verb and noun are regularly used in NT of ‘preaching.’ ‘Crier’ occurs in Sir 20:15 . There is no instance in the Bible of the employment of ‘heralds’ in war.
C. W. Emmet.
Smith's Bible Dictionary [4]
Herald. One who makes public proclamation. The only notice of this officer in the Old Testament occurs in Daniel 3:4. The term "herald" might be substituted for "Preacher" in 1 Timothy 2:7; 2 Timothy 1:11; 2 Peter 2:5.
Holman Bible Dictionary [5]
Daniel 3:4 2 Peter 2:5 1 Timothy 2:5-7 2 Timothy 1:9-11
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia [6]
her´ald : The word occurs once ( Daniel 3:4 ) as the translation of the Aramaic word , kḗrux ): "Then the herald cried aloud." See also Games .
