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Lexicon :: Strong's G3727 - horkos

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ὅρκος
Transliteration
horkos (Key)
Pronunciation
hor'-kos
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
From herkos (a fence, perhaps akin to ὅριον (G3725))
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:457,729

Strong’s Definitions

ὅρκος hórkos, hor'-kos; from ἕρκος hérkos (a fence; perhaps akin to G3725); a limit, i.e. (sacred) restraint (specially, an oath):—oath.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x

The KJV translates Strong's G3727 in the following manner: oath (10x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 10x
The KJV translates Strong's G3727 in the following manner: oath (10x).

  1. that which has been pledged or promised with an oath

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὅρκος hórkos, hor'-kos; from ἕρκος hérkos (a fence; perhaps akin to G3725); a limit, i.e. (sacred) restraint (specially, an oath):—oath.
STRONGS G3727:
ὅρκος, ὅρκου, ὁ (from ἔργῳ, εἴργω; equivalent to ἕρκος an enclosure, confinement; hence, Latinorcus) (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.)).
THAYER’S GREEK LEXICON, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Matthew
5:33; 14:7; 14:9; 26:72
Mark
6:26
Luke
1:73
Acts
2:30
Hebrews
6:16
James
5:12

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3727 matches the Greek ὅρκος (horkos),
which occurs 40 times in 38 verses in the LXX Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:14 - And Abraam rose up in the morning and took loaves and a skin of water, and gave them to Agar, and he put the child on her shoulder, and sent her away, and she having departed wandered in the wilderness [fn]near the well of the oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:32 - And they made a covenant at the well of the oath. And there rose up Abimelech, Ochozath his friend, and Phichol the commander-in-chief of his army, and they returned to the land of the Phylistines.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:33 - And Abraam planted a field at the well of the oath, and called there on the name of the Lord, the everlasting God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:19 - And Abraam returned to his servants, and they arose and went together to the well of the oath; and Abraam dwelt at the well of the oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:8 - And if the woman should not be willing to come with thee into this land, thou shalt be clear from my oath, only carry not my son thither again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:3 - And sojourn in this land; and I will be with thee, and bless thee, for I will give to thee and to thy seed all this land; and I will establish my oath which I swore to thy father Abraam.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:23

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:23 - And he went up thence to the well of the oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:33 - And he called it, Oath: therefore he called the name of that city, the Well of Oath, until this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:10

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:10 - And Jacob went forth from the well of the oath, and departed into Charrhan.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:1 - And Israel departed, he and all that he had, and came to the well of the oath; and he offered sacrifice to the God of his father Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 46:5 - And Jacob rose up from the well of the oath; and the sons of Israel took up their father, and the baggage, and their wives on the waggons, which Joseph sent to take them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:19 - And Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for he had solemnly adjured the children of Israel, saying, God will surely visit you, and ye shall carry up my bones hence with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - (LXX 22:10) an oath of God shall be between both, each swearing that he has surely not at all been guilty in the matter of his neighbour's deposit; and so his master shall [fn]hold him guiltless, and he shall not make compensation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4 - That unrighteous soul, which determines with his lips to do evil or to do good according to whatsoever a man may determine with an oath, and it shall have escaped his notice, and he shall afterwards know it, and so he should sin in some one of these things:—

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - then the priest shall adjure the woman by the oaths of this curse, and the priest shall say to the woman, The Lord bring thee into a curse and under an oath in the midst of thy people, in that the Lord should cause thy thigh to rot and thy belly to swell;

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2 - (LXX 30:3) Whatsoever man shall vow a vow to the Lord, or swear an oath, or bind himself with an obligation upon his soul, he shall not [fn]break his word; all that shall come out of his mouth he shall do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:10 - (LXX 30:11) And if her vow be made in the house of her husband, or the obligation upon her soul with an oath,

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Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:13

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:13 - (LXX 30:14) Every vow, and every binding oath to afflict her soul, her husband shall confirm it to her, or her husband shall cancel it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8 - But because the Lord loved you, and as keeping the oath which he sware to your fathers, the Lord brought you out with a strong hand, and the Lord redeemed thee from the house of bondage, out of the hand of Pharao king of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:17 - And the men said to her, We are clear of this thy oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:19

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:19 - And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall go outside the door of thy house, his guilt shall be upon him, and we shall be quit of this thine oath; and we will be responsible for all that shall be found with thee in thy house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 2:20 - But if any one should injure us, or betray these our matters, we shall be quit of this thine oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:20 - This we will do; take them alive, and we will preserve them: so there shall not be wrath against us by reason of the oath which we swore to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:5 - And the children of Israel said, Who of all the tribes of Israel, went not up in the congregation to the Lord? for there was a great oath concerning those who went not up to the Lord to Massephath, saying, He shall surely be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:26

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:26 - And the people went into the place of the bees, and, behold, [fn]they continued speaking; and, behold, there was none that put his hand to his mouth, for the people feared the oath of the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 21:7 - But the king spared Memphibosthe son of Jonathan the son of Saul, because of the oath of the Lord that was between them, even between David and Jonathan the son of Saul.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:43

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:43 - And why hast thou not kept the oath of the Lord, and the commandment which I commanded [fn]thee?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 16:16 - which he covenanted with Abraham, and his oath sworn to Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:15 - And all Juda rejoiced concerning the oath: for they swore with all their heart, and they sought him with all their desires; and he was found of them: and the Lord gave them rest round about.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 10:29 - (LXX 10:30) were urgent with their brethren, and bound them under a curse, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in the law of God, which was given by the hand of Moses, the servant of God; to keep and to do all the commandments of the Lord, and his judgments, and his ordinances;

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 105:9 - (LXX 104:9) which he established as a covenant to Abraam, and he remembered his oath to Isaac.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:24 - He that shares with a thief, hates his own soul: and if any having heard an oath uttered tell not of it,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:2 - Observe the commandment of the king, and that because of the word of the oath of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:2 - Vanity is in all: there is one event to the righteous, and to the wicked; to the good, and to the bad; both to the pure, and to the impure; both to him that sacrifices, and to him that sacrifices not: as is the good, so is the sinner: as is the swearer, even so is he that fears an oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:5 - that I may confirm mine oath, which I sware to your fathers, to give them a land flowing with milk and honey, as it is this day. Then I answered and said, So be it, O Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:11 - Moreover all Israel have transgressed thy law, and have refused to hearken to thy voice; so the curse has come upon us, and the oath that is written in the law of Moses the servant of God, because we have sinned against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 5:5 - But seek not Bæthel, and go not in to Galgala, and cross not over to the Well of the Oath: for Galgala shall surely go into captivity, and Bæthel shall be as that which is not.

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Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 8:17 - and let none of you devise evil in his heart against his neighbour; and love not a false oath: for all these things I hate, saith the Lord Almighty.
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