Herald

Isaiah pictures a messenger on the move: “The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD.” That is the work of a herald, someone sent to announce what another is about to do. The word is gathered here with three verses in which Paul describes himself. In 1 Timothy 2:7 and 2 Timothy 1:11 he says he was appointed “a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.” The King James Bible says preacher, but the idea is of someone who proclaims news that is not his own. A herald speaks for another.

3 verses

Isaiah

Isaiah 40:3

The voice of him that crieth in the wilderness, Prepare ye the way of the LORD, make straight in the desert a highway for our God.

1 Timothy

1 Timothy 2:7

Whereunto I am ordained a preacher, and an apostle,(I speak the truth in Christ, and lie not;) a teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.

2 Timothy

2 Timothy 1:11

Whereunto I am appointed a preacher, and an apostle, and a teacher of the Gentiles.

From Smith's Bible Dictionary

William Smith, 1884

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)

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Dictionary entries from Smith's Bible Dictionary. Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.