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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 10 times in 10 verses in the TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:33 - Again, ye have heard that it has been said to the ancients, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt render to the Lord what thou hast sworn.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:7 - whereupon he promised with oath to give her whatsoever she should ask.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:9 - And the king was grieved; but on account of the oaths, and those lying at table with him, he commanded it to be given.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:72

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:72 - And again he denied with an oath: I do not know the man.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:26 - And the king, while made very sorry, on account of the oaths and those lying at table with him would not break his word with her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:73

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:73 - the oath which he swore to Abraham our father,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:30 - Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath, of the fruit of his loins to set upon his throne;

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:16 - For men indeed swear by a greater, and with them the oath is a term to all dispute, as making matters sure.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:17 - Wherein God, willing to shew more abundantly to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of his purpose, intervened by an oath,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:12 - But before all things, my brethren, swear not, neither by heaven, nor by the earth, nor by any other oath; but let your yea be yea, and your nay, nay, that ye do not fall under judgment.
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