The following I found to be extremely helpful list on Biblical terms used for missionary activity. It came from Eckhard Schnabel’s Early Christian Mission Volume 1. This two volume set is an incredible reference tool on Biblical missions and covers about every subject under the sun in the Bible.
Hope you are helped by it.
Terms for Missionary Activity
(1) Subjects of Missionary work:
apostle
worker, laborer
evangelist
herald, proclaimer
companion, partner
witness
fellow worker
fisher
helper, assistant
(2) Addressees of missionary work:
the uncircumcised
alien, foreigner
sinners
people
non-Hellene
nation, people
nations, Gentile’ polytheists
Greeks
Israel
Jews
people
the circumcised
(3) Place of missionary work:
countryside, farm
earth
province
region, district
colony
world, humanity
village, small town
region, district
inhabited earth, humanity
region, district
homeland, hometown
neighborhood
city, town
district, region, place
(4) Sending and position of the missionaries:
send away/out
office of an apostle
apostle, envoy
service
call, calling
witness
(5) Proclamation by word:
persuade, induce
speak out, declare
make known, reveal
bear witness to
teach
relate, describe
announce good news
make known in public
inform, instruct
announce, proclaim
talk, speak
say, tell
make disciples, teach
acknowledge, profess
hand down, pass on, teach
appeal to, exhort, implore
convince, persuade
plant
(6) Content of the proclamation:
truth
teaching
good news
reconciliation
proclamation
confession
tradition
word, statement
word
testimony, proof
testimony, witness
the way, teaching
(7) Goal of the proclamation:
hearing
follow, obey
hear, listen
wash, purify, baptize
baptism
confirm, establish
take, receive
entrance, acceptance
assembly, church
implanted
reap, harvest
harvest
reconcile
gain
make disciples
feel remorse, conversion
belief, be
convinced of
faith, trust, confidence
gather, bring together
save, keep from harm
rescue
salvation, deliverance
plant
(8) Proclamation by deed:
way of life, behavior
drive out demons
work, be effective
work, accomplish
heal, restore
reap, harvest
harvest
heal, cure
work hard, toil
build
(9) Execution of the missionary task:
go out, go, depart
go through, penetrate
go out
lead in triumph
seed
(10) Interpretation of missionary work:
fisher of people
implanted
reap, harvest
lead in triumph
sheep
gather, bring together
build
sow seed
seed
plant
(11) The effort of missionary work:
rest from toil
run, press on
course of life, mission
work
work hard, toil
work, labor
(12) Misunderstandings:
disturb, upset
letters of recommendation
peddle, huckster
cajole, mislead
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