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ἐπίορκος

epíorkos · G1965 · Greek · 1 occurrence

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Meanings

  1. perjurer

    (Derivative of ἐπιορκέω ‘to swear falsely,’) One who swears falsely

    Examples

    1 Timothy 1:10 for the sexually immoral, homosexuals, slave traders, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching,

How it’s used

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 2 words
ψευδομάρτυρ pseudomártyr · G5575 · false witness
Both refer to persons who testify falsely under oath. ψευδομάρτυς emphasizes false testimony/witnessing, while ἐπίορκος emphasizes oath-breaking/perjury specifically. Closely related legal/judicial concepts with significant semantic overlap.
ψεύστης pseústēs · G5583 · liar
General term for one who lies, which includes but is broader than perjury. ἐπίορκος is the specific case of lying under oath, making ψεύστης the broader category that encompasses it.
Semantic domains 1 entry
Perjurer33.466
Paul lists in 1 Timothy 1:10 those the law is laid down against, including “liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound teaching,” ἐπίορκος naming the person who swears falsely as one condemned alongside other lawbreakers.
Word family 7 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

ὅρκος hórkos · G3727 · to swear, to make an oath, oath · 10×ὁρκωμοσία horkōmosía · G3728 · to swear, to make an oath, oath · 4×ὁρκίζω horkízō · G3726 · to put under oath, to insist that one take an oath, to require that one swear · 3×ἐξορκίζω exorkízō · G1844 · to put under oath, to insist that one take an oath, to require that one swear · 1×ἐξορκιστής exorkistḗs · G1845 · exorcist, one driving out evil spirits · 1×ἐπιορκέω epiorkéō · G1964 · to forswear, to break an oath, to swear and fail to keep · 1×ἐπίορκοςepíorkos · G1965
Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon ἐπιορκον (from ἐπί (which see D. 7) against, and ὅρκος); (masculine as a substantive) a…
ἐπιορκον (from ἐπί (which see D. 7) against, and ὅρκος); (masculine as a substantive) a false swearer, a perjurer: 1 Tim 1:10. (From Homer down.)

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament (1889), public domain

Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Swear, Put Under Oath, Vow1 occurrence

Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0

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