ὄμνυμι omnumi
Greek word for “to swear” · Strong’s G3660 · used 26 times in 20 verses
Meaning
ὀμνύω; (so Hdt. and some Att..
How it is translated
Glosses given for omnumi in context, with how often each is used:
- swore 7
- swear 5
- having sworn 3
- swears 3
- may swear 2
- shall swear 2
- may you swear 1
- did he swear that 1
- has sworn 1
- do swear 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Matthew 23 (5), Matthew 5 (2), Hebrews 3 (2), Hebrews 6 (2), Matthew 26 (1), Mark 6 (1), Mark 14 (1), Luke 1 (1), Acts 2 (1), Hebrews 4 (1)
Forms
- ὤμοσεν 7
- ὀμόσῃ 4
- ὀμόσας 3
- ὀμνύει 3
- ὀμόσαι 2
- ὤμοσα 2
- ὀμόσῃς 1
- ὀμνύειν 1
- ὀμνύναι 1
- ὀμνύουσιν 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with omnumi more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- ὅρκος horkos “oath” 4
- κατάπαυσις katapausis “rest” 3
- μήτε mēte “neither” 3
- ἐπάνω epanō “above” 3
- θρόνος thronos “throne” 3
- οὐρανός ouranos “heaven” 4
- θυσιαστήριον thusiastērion “altar” 2
- εἰσέρχομαι eiserchomai “to enter” 3
- ὀφείλω opheilō “to owe” 2
- ὀργή orgē “wrath” 2
- οὐδείς oudeis “none” 3
- ναός naos “temple” 2
Key verses
The verses using omnumi that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Matthew 5:34 — But I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven; for it is God’s throne:
- Matthew 23:16 — Woe unto you, ye blind guides, which say, Whosoever shall swear by the temple, it is nothing; but whosoever shall swear by the gold of the temple, he is a…
- Matthew 26:74 — Then began he to curse and to swear, saying, I know not the man. And immediately the cock crew.
- Mark 6:23 — And he sware unto her, Whatsoever thou shalt ask of me, I will give it thee, unto the half of my kingdom.
- Acts 2:30 — Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ…
- Hebrews 3:11 — So I sware in my wrath, They shall not enter into my rest.)
- Hebrews 3:18 — And to whom sware he that they should not enter into his rest, but to them that believed not?
- Hebrews 4:3 — For we which have believed do enter into rest, as he said, As I have sworn in my wrath, if they shall enter into my rest: although the works were finished from…
- Hebrews 6:13 — For when God made promise to Abraham, because he could swear by no greater, he sware by himself,
- Hebrews 6:16 — For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
- Hebrews 7:21 — (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever…
- James 5:12 — But above all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath: but let your yea be yea; and your nay, nay;…
See all 20 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.