Lexicon horkos: an oath Original Word: ὅρκος, ου, ὁPart of Speech: Noun, Masculine Transliteration: horkos Phonetic Spelling: (hor'-kos) Short Definition: an oath Definition: an oath. NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Originakin to erkos (fence, enclosure) Definitionan oath NASB Translationoath (7), oaths (2), vows (1).
Thayer's STRONGS NT 3727: ὅρκοςὅρκος, ὅρκου, ὁ (from ἔργῳ, εἴργω; equivalent to ἕρκος an enclosure, confinement; hence, Latin orcus) (from Homer down), the Sept. for שֲׁבוּעָה, an oath: Matthew 14:7, 9; Matthew 26:72; Mark 6:26; Luke 1:73 ( Winers Grammar, 628 (583); Buttmann, § 144, 13); Acts 2:30 ( Winer's Grammar, 226 (212); 603 (561)); Hebrews 6:16; James 5:12; by metonymy, that which has been pledged or promised with an oath; plural vows, Matthew 5:33 ((cf. Wünsche ad loc.)).
Strong's oath. From herkos (a fence; perhaps akin to horion); a limit, i.e. (sacred) restraint (specially, an oath) -- oath. see GREEK horion |
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