Report
Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words [1]
"a hearing," is translated "report" in John 12:38; Romans 10:16 , and in the RV of Matthew 4:24; 14:1; Mark 1:28 . See Hearing , B, No. 1.
"a good report, good reputation" (eu, "well," pheme "a saying or report"), is used in 2—Corinthians 6:8 . Contrast No. 3.
"evil-speaking, defamation" (dus-, an inseparable prefix, the opposite to eu, "well," see No. 2), is used in 2—Corinthians 6:8 .
"a word," is translated "report," i.e., "a story, narrative;" in Luke 5:15 (AV, "fame"); 7:17 (AV, "rumor"); Acts 11:22 (AV, "tidings"). See Word.
1—Timothy 3:7TestimonyWitness.
akin to A, No. 2, primarily, "uttering words or sounds of good omen," then, "avoiding ill-omened words," and hence "fair-sounding," "of good report," is so rendered in Philippians 4:8 .
"to be a witness, bear witness, testify," signifies, in the Passive Voice, "to be well testified of, to have a good report," Acts 6:3 , "of good (AV, honest) report," lit., "being well testified of;" 10:22; 16:2; 22:12; 1—Timothy 5:10; in Hebrews 11:2,39 , AV, "obtained a good report" (RV, "had witness borne to them"); in 3—John 1:12 , AV, "hath good report" (RV, "hath the witness"), lit., "witness hath been borne." See Testify , Witness.
"to report" (apo, "from," angello, "to give a message"), "announce, declare" (by a messenger, speaker, or writer), is translated "reported" in Acts 4:23; 16:36 , RV (AV, "told"); 16:38 (some mss. have No. 3; AV, "told"); "report" in 1—Corinthians 14:25 , AV (RV, "declaring"); 1—Thessalonians 1:9 , RV, "report" (AV, "shew"); so Acts 28:21 . See Declare , No. 2.
"to bring back word," in later Greek came to have the same meaning as No. 2, "to announce, declare;" it is translated "are reported" in 1—Peter 1:12 , AV (RV, "have been announced"). See Declare , No. 1.
"to hear," is used in the Passive Voice, impersonally, in 1—Corinthians 5:1 , lit., "it is heard" or "there is heard," translated "it is reported." See Hear.
"to speak slanderously, impiously, profanely" (blapto, "to injure," and pheme, "a saying"), is translated "we be slanderously reported" in Romans 3:8 (Passive Voice). See Blaspheme , B.
Matthew 28:15Blaze Abroad.
Webster's Dictionary [2]
(1): ( v. i.) To make a report, or response, in respect of a matter inquired of, a duty enjoined, or information expected; as, the committee will report at twelve o'clock.
(2): ( v. t.) A story or statement circulating by common talk; a rumor; hence, fame; repute; reputation.
(3): ( v. t.) To refer.
(4): ( v. t.) To bring back, as an answer; to announce in return; to relate, as what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore, or investigate; as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained; the committee reported progress.
(5): ( v. t.) To give an account of; to relate; to tell; to circulate publicly, as a story; as, in the common phrase, it is reported.
(6): ( v. t.) To give an official account or statement of; as, a treasurer reports the receipts and expenditures.
(7): ( v. t.) To return or repeat, as sound; to echo.
(8): ( v. t.) To return or present as the result of an examination or consideration of any matter officially referred; as, the committee reported the bill witth amendments, or reported a new bill, or reported the results of an inquiry.
(9): ( v. t.) To make minutes of, as a speech, or the doings of a public body; to write down from the lips of a speaker.
(10): ( v. t.) To write an account of for publication, as in a newspaper; as, to report a public celebration or a horse race.
(11): ( v. t.) To make a statement of the conduct of, especially in an unfavorable sense; as, to report a servant to his employer.
(12): ( v. t.) Rapport; relation; connection; reference.
(13): ( v. i.) To furnish in writing an account of a speech, the proceedings at a meeting, the particulars of an occurrence, etc., for publication.
(14): ( v. i.) To present one's self, as to a superior officer, or to one to whom service is due, and to be in readiness for orders or to do service; also, to give information, as of one's address, condition, etc.; as, the officer reported to the general for duty; to report weekly by letter.
(15): ( v. t.) That which is reported.
(16): ( v. t.) An account or statement of the results of examination or inquiry made by request or direction; relation.
(17): ( v. t.) Sound; noise; as, the report of a pistol or cannon.
(18): ( v. t.) An official statement of facts, verbal or written; especially, a statement in writing of proceedings and facts exhibited by an officer to his superiors; as, the reports of the heads af departments to Congress, of a master in chancery to the court, of committees to a legislative body, and the like.
(19): ( v. t.) An account or statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of case argued and determined in a court of law, chancery, etc.; also, in the plural, the volumes containing such reports; as, Coke's Reports.
(20): ( v. t.) A sketch, or a fully written account, of a speech, debate, or the proceedings of a public meeting, legislative body, etc.
King James Dictionary [3]
Report 50reporto, to carry back re and porto, to bear.
1. To bear or bring back an answer, or to relate what has been discovered by a person sent to examine, explore or investigate as, a messenger reports to his employer what he has seen or ascertained. The committee reported the whole number of votes. 2. To give an account of to relate to tell.
They reported his good deeds before me. Nehemiah 6 . Acts 4 .
3. To tell or relate from one to another to circulate publicly, as a story as in the common phrase, it is reported.
It is reported among the heathen, and Gashmu saith it, that thou and the Jews think to rebel. Nehemiah 6 .
In this form of expression, it refers to the subsequent clause of the sentence "that thou and the Jews think to rebel, is reported."
4. To give an official account or statement as, the secretary of the treasury reports to congress annually the amount of revenue and expenditure. 5. To give an account or statement of cases and decisions in a court of law or chancery. 6. To return, as sound to give back.
To be reported, or usually, to be reported of, to be well or spoken of to be mentioned with respect or reproach.
Acts 16 . Romans 3 .
REPORT, To make a statement of facts. The committee will report at twelve o'clock.
REPORT, n.
1. An account returned a statement or relation of facts given in reply to inquiry, or by a person authorized to examine and make return to his employer.
From Thetis sent as spies to make report.
2. Rumor common fame story circulated. Report, though often originating in fact, soon becomes incorrect, and is seldom deserving of credit. When we have no evidence but popular report, it is prudent to suspend our opinions in regard to the facts. 3. Repute public character as evil report and good report. 2 Corinthians 6 .
Cornelius was of good report among the Jews. Acts 10 .
4. Account story relation.
It was a true report that I heard in my own land of thy acts and of thy wisdom. 1 Kings 10 .
5. Sound noise as the report of a pistol or cannon. 6. An account or statement of a judicial opinion or decision, or of a case argued and determined in a court of law, chancery, &c. The books containing such statements are also called reports. 7. An official statement of facts, verbal or written particularly, a statement in writing of proceedings and facts exhibited by an officer to his superiors as the reports of the heads of departments to congress, of a master in chancery to the court, of committees to a legislative body and the like.
