Word

ὁρκίζω

horkízō · G3726 · Greek · 3 occurrences

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Meanings

to put under oath, to insist that one take an oath, to require that one swear

To demand that a person take an oath as to the truth of what is said or as to the certainty that one will carry out the request or command

Examples
1 Thessalonians 5:27 I put you under oath by the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers and sisters.

How it’s used In 3 roles

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

the word studied the word it goes with

Who or what does itSubject

2 occurrences in 1 groups

Not stated: I 2

What it acts on, or what is saidObject

2 occurrences in 2 groups

σύyou 2
βασανίζωto torture 1

What is done to itIt is the object

1 occurrences in 1 groups

λέγωto say 1

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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Semantic domains 1 entry

To put under oath, to insist that one take an oath, to require that one swear33.467: ὁρκίζω describes an urgent adjuration invoking a divine name, as the unclean spirit begs Jesus for mercy: “‘What business do You have with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I implore You by God, do not torment me!’” (Mark 5:7)

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×ὁρκίζωhorkízō · G3726ἐξορκίζω 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×ἐπίορκος epíorkos · G1965 · perjurer · 1×

Thayer's Greek-English Lexicon (ὅρκος); 1. to force to take an oath, to administer an oath to: Xenophon, conviv. 4, 10;…

(ὅρκος);
1. to force to take an oath, to administer an oath to: Xenophon, conviv. 4, 10; Demosthenes, Polybius; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 361.
2. to adjure (solemnly implore), with two accusative of person, viz. of the one who is adjured and of the one by whom he is adjured (cf. Matthiae, § 413, 10; (Buttmann, 147 (128))): 1 Thess 5:27 R G (see ἐνορκίζω); Mk 5:7; Acts 19:13. (the Sept. for הִשְׁבִּיעַ, τινα followed by κατά with the genitive, 1 Kgs 2:42 (1 Kings 3:42>); 2 Chr 36:13; ἐν, Neh 13:25.) (Compare: ἐνορκίζω, ἐξορκίζω.)

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

Topical studies with this word 1 entry

Swear, Put Under Oath, Vow6 occurrences

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