ὅρκος horkos

Greek word for “oath” · Strong’s G3727 · used 10 times in 10 verses

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Meaning

ὅρκος, -ου, ὁ; an oath: 26:72; p1., (LXX).†;

How it is translated

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

• oath 7
• oaths 3

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

Matthew 14 (2), Hebrews 6 (2), Matthew 5 (1), Matthew 26 (1), Mark 6 (1), Luke 1 (1), Acts 2 (1), James 5 (1)

Forms

• ὅρκους 3
• ὅρκου 2
• ὅρκον 2
• ὅρκῳ 2
• ὅρκος 1

Words used with it

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

• ὄμνυμι omnumi “to swear” 4
• βασιλεύς basileus “king” 2
• πάλιν palin “again” 2
• οἶδα oida “to know” 2
• δίδωμι didōmi “to give” 2
• μετά meta “with/after” 2

Key verses

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

• Matthew 5:33 — Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
• Matthew 14:7 — Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
• Matthew 14:9 — And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.
• Matthew 26:72 — And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.
• Mark 6:26 — And the king was exceeding sorry; yet for his oath’s sake, and for their sakes which sat with him, he would not reject her.
• Luke 1:73 — The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
• 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 6:16 — For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
• Hebrews 6:17 — Where in God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath:
• 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;…

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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.