What is the definition of PREACHING?? Isn't it an answer.....and isn't this YAHOO ANSWERS?

Question

Preach, Preaching:
(a) "to be a herald," or, in general, "to proclaim,"
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Proclaim:
"to declare, proclaim," is translated "to proclaim"
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Answer:
an’-ser: In our English Bible the word "answer" does not always mean a simple reply to a question.

1. In the Old Testament:

Six different words are translated by answer.

(1) It is frequently used where no question has been asked and in such cases it means a word, a statement.

(2) It also means a response (Job 21:34; 34:36).

(3) It often means a declaration or proclamation from God where no question has been asked. See the many passages that read: "The Lord answered and said."

(4) The other words translated "answer" or "answered" in the Old Testament are unimportant shadings and variations.

2. In the New Testament:

The words translated "answer" are not so varied.

(1) It sometimes means an apology, a defense (1Pe 3:15; Ac

Answer 1

http://www.just-define.com/preaching-definition.htm


Definition of preaching

preaching
n 1: an address of a religious nature (usually delivered during a
church service) [syn: sermon, discourse]
2: a moralistic rebuke; "your preaching is wasted on him" [syn:
sermon]


As defined in: WordNet (r) 2.0

Preach \Preach\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Preached; p. pr. & vb. n.
Preaching.] [OE. prechen, OF. preechier, F. pr[^e]cher, fr.
L. praedicare to cry in public, to proclaim; prae before +
dicare to make known, dicere to say; or perhaps from
(assumed) LL. praedictare. See Diction, and cf.
Predicate, Predict.]
1. To proclaim or publish tidings; specifically, to proclaim
the gospel; to discourse publicly on a religious subject,
or from a text of Scripture; to deliver a sermon.

How shall they preach, except they be sent? --Rom.
x. 15.

From that time Jesus began to preach. --Matt. iv.
17.

2. To give serious advice on morals or religion; to discourse
in the manner of a preacher.


As defined in: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

36 Moby Thesaurus words for "preaching":
allurement, blandishment, cajolement, cajolery, coaxing, conning,
discourse, engagement, enlistment, exhortation, homily, hortation,
inducement, jawboning, lecture, lobbying, persuasion, preach,
preachification, preachment, prelection, religious discourse,
sales talk, salesmanship, selling, sermon, sermonette, sermonizing,
snow job, soft soap, solicitation, suasion, sweet talk, travelogue,
wheedling, working on

As defined in: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Answer 2

Jesus told us not to preach any other Words but His.
If you love me, keep My Commandments, Jesus said

of the commandments;
Matthew 5:19, 15:3, 15:9, Mark 7:9, 12:29, John 12:49, (14:15), (14:21), (15:10)

of His sayings;
Matthew 7:24-26, Luke 9:44, John 14:24,

of "Remembering all the Words that He "spoke";
John 14:26.

Answer 3

Preach - To urge acceptance or abandonment of an idea or course of action.
In a forum called religion and spirituality you can expect to be preached to.
The same would hold true if you were hanging out in a political forum. You are going to be preached to. It's common sense.

Answer 4

I consider preaching in the sense of religion, as someone passing along needed information.

Answer 5

And so the denial continues!

Richard Dawkins gets paid for preaching.

Answer 6

It means parking a spot in a prominent public place and proclaiming how everyone is going to hell or at least thats what they do were I live.

Answer 7

Preaching is to tell of God and his word,and to tell how God said to live and act to have eternal life or eternal hell.

Answer 8

Yes, this is Yahoo Answers.

Answer 9

Yeah, way to go using the bible once again to show how accurate and correctly biblical, the bible is.

*sigh*

Answer 10

It is only answers when there is a question.