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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 - “Now 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 dwell;

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:5 - ‘My father made me swear, saying, “Behold, I am dying; in my grave which I dug for myself in the land of Canaan, there you shall bury me.” Now therefore, please let me go up and bury my father, and I will come back.’ ”

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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 sent messengers to Joseph, saying, “Before your father died he commanded, saying,

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:25 - Then Joseph took an oath from the children of Israel, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones 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 placed the children of Israel under solemn oath, saying, “God will surely visit you, and you shall carry up my bones from here with you.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - ‘And the priest shall put her under oath, and say to the woman, “If no man has lain with you, and if you have not gone astray to uncleanness while under your husband’s authority, be free from this bitter water that brings a curse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - then the priest shall put the woman under the oath of the curse, and he shall say to the woman—“the LORD make you a curse and an oath among your people, when the LORD makes your thigh rot and your belly swell;

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 - Then Joshua charged them at that time, saying, “Cursed be the man before the LORD who rises up and builds this city Jericho; he shall lay its foundation with his firstborn, and with his youngest 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 his father charge the people with the oath; therefore he stretched out the end of the rod that was in his hand and dipped it in a honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his countenance brightened.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28 - Then one of the people said, “Your father strictly charged the people with an oath, saying, ‘Cursed is the man who eats food this day.’ ” And the people were faint.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:37 - “For it shall be, on the day you go out and cross the Brook Kidron, know for certain 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 - Then the king sent and called for Shimei, and said to him, “Did I not make you swear by the LORD, and warn you, saying, ‘Know for certain that on the day you go out and travel anywhere, you shall surely die’? And you said to me, ‘The word I have heard is good.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:16 - So the king said to him, “How many times shall I make you swear that you tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:4 - In the seventh year Jehoiada sent and brought the captains of hundreds—of the bodyguards and the escorts—and brought them into the house of the LORD to him. And he made a covenant with them and took an oath from them in the house of the LORD, and showed them the king’s son.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:15 - So the king said to him, “How many times shall I make you swear that you tell me nothing but the truth in the name of the LORD?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13 - And he also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, who had made him swear an oath by God; but he stiffened his neck and hardened his heart against turning to the LORD God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:5 - Then Ezra arose, and made the leaders of the 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 - So they said, “We will restore it, and will require nothing from them; we will do as you say.” Then I called the priests, and required an oath from them that they would do according to this promise.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:25

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:7 - I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the does of the field,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5 - I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
By the gazelles or by the does of the field,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:8 - I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
If you find my beloved,
That you tell him I am lovesick!

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:9 - The Daughters of Jerusalem
What is your beloved
More than another beloved,
O fairest among women?
What is your beloved
More than another beloved,
That you so charge us?

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:4 - I charge you, O daughters of Jerusalem,
Do not stir up nor awaken love
Until it pleases.
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