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Lexicon :: Strong's G3726 - horkizō

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ὁρκίζω
Transliteration
horkizō (Key)
Pronunciation
hor-kid'-zo
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:462,729

Strong’s Definitions

†ὁρκίζω horkízō, hor-kid'-zo; from G3727; to put on oath, i.e. make swear; by analogy, to solemnly enjoin:—adjure, charge.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x

The KJV translates Strong's G3726 in the following manner: adjure (2x), charge (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 3x
The KJV translates Strong's G3726 in the following manner: adjure (2x), charge (1x).

  1. to force to take an oath, to administer an oath to

  2. to adjure (solemnly implore)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
†ὁρκίζω horkízō, hor-kid'-zo; from G3727; to put on oath, i.e. make swear; by analogy, to solemnly enjoin:—adjure, charge.
STRONGS G3726:
ὁρκίζω; (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 Thessalonians 5:27 R G (see ἐνορκίζω); Mark 5:7; Acts 19:13. (the Sept. for הִשְׁבִּיעַ, τινα followed by κατά with the genitive, 1 Kings 2:42 (1 Kings 3:42); 2 Chronicles 36:13; ἐν, Nehemiah 13:25.) (Compare: ἐνορκίζω, ἐξορκίζω.)
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

1 Kings
2:42
2 Chronicles
36:13
Nehemiah
13:25
Mark
5:7
Acts
19:13
1 Thessalonians
5:27

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3726 matches the Greek ὁρκίζω (horkizō),
which occurs 26 times in 25 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:37

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:37 - “And my master made me swear, saying, ‘You shall not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites, in whose land I [fn]live;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:5 - ‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am about to die; in my grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” So now, please let me go up and bury my father; then I will return.’”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:6 - And Pharaoh said, “Go up and bury your father, as he made you swear.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:16 - So they [fn]sent a message to Joseph, saying, “Your father commanded before he died, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:25 - Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear, saying, “God will surely [fn]take care of you, and you shall carry my bones up from here.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:19 - And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had made the sons of Israel solemnly swear, saying, “God will surely [fn]take care of you, and you shall bring up my bones from here with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - ‘Then the priest shall have her swear an oath and shall say to the woman, “If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone astray into [fn]defilement, being under the authority of your husband, be free from this water of bitterness that brings curses;

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - (then the priest shall have the woman swear with the oath of the curse, and the priest shall say to the woman), “Yahweh make you a curse and an oath among your people by Yahweh making your thigh fall away and your abdomen swell;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 -

Then Joshua made them swear an oath at that time, saying, “Cursed before Yahweh is the man who rises up and builds this city Jericho; with the loss of his firstborn he shall lay its foundation, and with the loss of his youngest son he shall set up its gates.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:27

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:27 - But Jonathan had not heard when his father put the people under a sworn oath; therefore, he put out the end of the staff that was in his hand and dipped it in the honeycomb and put his hand to his mouth, and his eyes brightened.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28 - Then one of the people answered and said, “Your father strictly put the people under a sworn oath, saying, ‘Cursed be the man who eats food today.’” And the people were weary.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:37 - “Now it will be on the day you go out and cross over the [fn]brook Kidron, that you will know for certain that you shall surely die; your blood shall be on your own head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:42 - So the king sent and called for Shimei and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by Yahweh and solemnly warn you, saying, ‘You will know for certain that on the day you go out and go anywhere, you shall surely die’? And you said to me, ‘The word which I have heard is good.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:16 - Then the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear that you will speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:4 -

Now in the seventh year Jehoiada sent for and took the commanders of hundreds of the Carites and of the [fn]guard, and brought them to him in the house of Yahweh. Then he cut a covenant with them and had them swear in the house of Yahweh, and showed them the king’s son.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:15 - Then the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear to speak to me nothing but the truth in the name of Yahweh?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13 - He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. But he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to Yahweh, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:5 -

Then Ezra arose and made the leading priests, the Levites and all Israel, swear an oath that they would do according to this word; so they swore an oath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:12 - Then they said, “We will give it back and will require nothing from them; we will do exactly as you are saying.” So I called the priests and made them swear that they would do according to this word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:25 - So I contended with them and cursed them and struck some of them and pulled out their hair and made them swear by God, “You shall not give your daughters to their sons, nor take up their daughters for your sons or for yourselves.

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:7 -

“[fn]I call you to solemnly swear, O daughters of Jerusalem,

By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field,

That you do not arouse or awaken my love

Until [fn]she pleases.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5 -

“[fn]I call you to solemnly swear, O daughters of Jerusalem,

By the gazelles or by the hinds of the field,

That you do not arouse or awaken my love

Until [fn]she pleases.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:8 -

“I call you to solemnly swear, O daughters of Jerusalem,

If you find my beloved,

What will you tell him?

Tell him that I am sick with love.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:9 -

“[fn]What is your beloved that he is more than any other beloved,

O most beautiful among women?

What is your beloved that he is more than any other beloved,

That thus you call us to solemnly swear?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:4 -

“[fn]I call you to solemnly swear, O daughters of Jerusalem,

[fn]Why should you arouse or awaken my love

Until [fn]she pleases?”

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