Profess, Profession
New TestamentVine's Expository Dictionary of Biblical Words
Definition
"to announce, proclaim, profess," is rendered "to profess" in 1Ti 2:10, of godliness, and 1Ti 6:21, of "the knowledge ... falsely so called." See PROMISE.
is translated "to profess" in Mat 7:23, Tit 1:16; in 1Ti 6:12, AV (RV, "confess"). See CONFESS.
"to affirm, assert:" see AFFIRM, No. 3.
akin to A, No. 2, "confession," is translated "profession" and "professed" in the AV only. See CONFESS.