ὁμολογέω homologeō

Greek word for “to confess/profess” · Strong’s G3670 · used 26 times in 23 verses

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Meaning

ὁμολογέω, -ῶ; (ὁμόλογος, of one mind: Dan LXX Su 1:60 *);

How it is translated

Glosses given for homologeō in context, with how often each is used:

• shall confess 4
• confessing 4
• will confess 3
• confessed 2
• confess 2
• confesses 2
• will declare 1
• promised 1
• may confess 1
• agreed 1
• confession 1
• did confess 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 John 4 (3), Romans 10 (2), Matthew 7 (1), Matthew 10 (1), Matthew 14 (1), Luke 12 (1), John 1 (1), John 9 (1), John 12 (1), Acts 7 (1)

Forms

• ὡμολόγησεν 4
• ὁμολογήσω 3
• ὁμολογήσῃ 3
• ὁμολογήσει 2
• ὁμολογοῦσιν 2
• ὁμολογεῖ 2
• ὡμολόγουν 1
• ὁμολογῶ 1
• ὁμολογήσῃς 1
• ὁμολογεῖται 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with homologeō more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• ἀρνέομαι arneomai “to deny” 3
• ἐάν ean “if” 5
• ἀποσυνάγωγος aposunagōgos “excommunicated” 2
• ἀντίχριστος antichristos “antichrist” 2
• πιστεύω pisteuō “to trust (in)” 4
• ἄγγελος angelos “angel” 3
• ἔμπροσθεν emprosthen “before” 2
• ἐπαγγελία epangelia “promise” 2
• ἤδη ēdē “already” 2
• πολύς polus “much” 3
• στόμα stoma “mouth” 2
• υἱός uhios “son” 3

Key verses

The verses using homologeō that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Matthew 7:23 — And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.
• John 9:22 — These words spake his parents, because they feared the Jews: for the Jews had agreed already, that if any man did confess that he was Christ, he should be put…
• John 12:42 — Nevertheless among the chief rulers also many believed on him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess him, lest they should be put out of the…
• Acts 24:14 — But this I confess unto thee, that after the way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law…
• Romans 10:9 — That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.
• 1 Timothy 6:12 — Fight the good fight of faith, lay hold on eternal life, where unto thou art also called, and hast professed a good profession before many witnesses.
• Titus 1:16 — They profess that they know God; but in works they deny him, being abominable, and disobedient, and unto every good work reprobate.
• Hebrews 11:13 — These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, and embraced them, and confessed that…
• Hebrews 13:15 — By him therefore let us offer the sacrifice of praise to God continually, that is, the fruit of our lips giving thanks to his name.
• 1 John 1:9 — If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
• 1 John 4:15 — Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God, God dwelleth in him, and he in God.
• Revelation 3:5 — He that overcometh, the same shall be clothed in white raiment; and I will not blot out his name out of the book of life, but I will confess his name before my…

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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.