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Lexicon :: Strong's G3660 - omnyō

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ὀμνύω
Transliteration
omnyō (Key)
Pronunciation
om-noo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A prolonged form of a primary but obsolete omo, for which another prolonged form (omoo {om-o'-o}) is used in certain tenses
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:176,683

Strong’s Definitions

ὀμνύω omnýō, om-noo'-o; a prolonged form of a primary, but obsolete ὄμω ómō, for which another prolonged form ὀμόω omóō om-o'-o is used in certain tenses; to swear, i.e. take (or declare on) oath:—swear.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's G3660 in the following manner: swear (27x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's G3660 in the following manner: swear (27x).

  1. to swear

  2. to affirm, promise, threaten, with an oath

  3. in swearing to call a person or thing as witness, to invoke, swear by

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὀμνύω omnýō, om-noo'-o; a prolonged form of a primary, but obsolete ὄμω ómō, for which another prolonged form ὀμόω omóō om-o'-o is used in certain tenses; to swear, i.e. take (or declare on) oath:—swear.
STRONGS G3660:
ὀμνύω (Matthew 23:20; Matthew 26:74; Hebrews 6:16; James 5:12; (Winer's Grammar, 24)) and ὄμνυμι (ὀμνύναι, Mark 14:71 G L T Tr WH (cf. B. 45 (39))) form their tenses from ὈΜΟΩ; hence, 1 aorist ὤμοσα; the Sept. for נִשְׁבַּע; to swear; to affirm, promise, threaten, with an oath: absolutely, followed by direct discourse, Matthew 26:74; Mark 14:71; Hebrews 7:21; followed by εἰ, Hebrews 3:11; Hebrews 4:3; see εἰ I. 5. ὀμνύειν ὅρκον (often so in Greek writings from Homer down (Winer's Grammar, 226 (212))) πρός τινα, to one (Homer, Odyssey 14, 331; 19, 288), Luke 1:73; ὀμνύειν with the dative of the person to whom one promises or threatens something with an oath: followed by direct discourse Mark 6:23; by an infinitive (Winer's Grammar, 331 (311)), Hebrews 3:18; with ὅρκῳ added, Acts 2:30 (Winer's Grammar, 603 (561)); τίνι τί, Acts 7:17 (Rec. i. e. genitive by attraction; cf. Buttmann, § 143, 8; Winer's Grammar, § 24, 1). that by which one swears is indicated by an accusative, τινα or τί (so in classical Greek from Homer down (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 32, 1 b. γ.; Buttmann, 147 (128))), in swearing to call a person or thing as witness, to invoke, swear by (Isaiah 65:16; Josephus, Antiquities 5, 1, 2; 7, 14, 5); τόν οὐρανόν, τήν γῆν, James 5:12; with prepositions (cf. Buttmann, as above): κατά τίνος (see κατά, I. 2 a.), Hebrews 6:13, 16 (Genesis 22:16; Genesis 31:54; 1 Samuel 28:10 (Complutensian); Isaiah 45:23; Isaiah 62:8; Amos 4:2; Demosthenes, p. 553, 17; 553, 26 (others, ἐπομνύειν), etc.; κατά πάντων ὠμνυε θεῶν, Long. past. 4, 16); in imitation of the Hebrew נִשְׁבַּע followed by בְּ, ἐν τίνι is used (Winers Grammar, 389 (364); Buttmann, the passage cited; see ἐν, I. 8{b}): Matthew 5:34, 36; Matthew 23:16, 18, 20-22; Revelation 10:6; εἰς εἰ, with the mind directed unto (Winers Grammar, 397 (371); Buttmann, as above; see εἰς, B. II. 2 a.), Matthew 5:35.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
22:16; 31:54
1 Samuel
28:10
Isaiah
45:23; 62:8; 65:16
Amos
4:2
Matthew
5:34; 5:35; 5:36; 23; 23:16; 23:18; 23:20; 26:74; 26:74
Mark
6:23; 14:71; 14:71
Luke
1:73
Acts
2:30; 7:17
Hebrews
3:11; 3:18; 4:3; 6:13; 6:16; 6:16; 7:21
James
5:12; 5:12
Revelation
10:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3660 matches the Greek ὀμνύω (omnyō),
which occurs 155 times in 150 verses in the LXX Greek.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 21:23–Deu 19:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:23 - Now swear to me right here in God's name that you will not deceive me, my children, or my descendants. Show me, and the land where you are staying, the same loyalty that I have shown you."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:24 - Abraham said, "I swear to do this."

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:31 - That is why he named that place Beer Sheba, because the two of them swore an oath there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 22:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 22:16 - and said, "'I solemnly swear by my own name,' decrees the LORD, 'that because you have done this and have not withheld your son, your only son,

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:7 - "The LORD, the God of heaven, who took me from my father's house and the land of my relatives, promised me with a solemn oath, 'To your descendants I will give this land.' He will send his angel before you so that you may find a wife for my son from there.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 24:9

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:9 - So the servant placed his hand under the thigh of his master Abraham and gave his solemn promise he would carry out his wishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 25:33

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 25:33 - But Jacob said, "Swear an oath to me now." So Esau swore an oath to him and sold his birthright to Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:3 - Stay in this land. Then I will be with you and will bless you, for I will give all these lands to you and to your descendants, and I will fulfill the solemn promise I made to your father Abraham.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:31 - Early in the morning the men made a treaty with each other. Isaac sent them off; they separated on good terms.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 31:53

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 31:53 - May the God of Abraham and the god of Nahor, the gods of their father, judge between us." Jacob took an oath by the God whom his father Isaac feared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 47:31

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 47:31 - Jacob said, "Swear to me that you will do so." So Joseph gave him his word. Then Israel bowed down at the head of his bed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:24

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:24 - Then Joseph said to his brothers, "I am about to die. But God will surely come to you and lead you up from this land to the land he swore on oath to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob."

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:5 - When the LORD brings you to the land of the Canaanites, Hittites, Amorites, Hivites, and Jebusites, which he swore to your fathers to give you, a land flowing with milk and honey, then you will keep this ceremony in this month.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:11

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:11 - When the LORD brings you into the land of the Canaanites, as he swore to you and to your fathers, and gives it to you,

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 22:8

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:8 - If the thief is not caught, then the owner of the house will be brought before the judges to see whether he has laid his hand on his neighbor's goods.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 32:13

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 32:13 - Remember Abraham, Isaac, and Israel your servants, to whom you swore by yourself and told them, 'I will multiply your descendants like the stars of heaven, and all this land that I have spoken about I will give to your descendants, and they will inherit it forever.'"

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 33:1

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 33:1 - The LORD said to Moses, "Go up from here, you and the people whom you brought up out of the land of Egypt, to the land I promised on oath to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, saying, 'I will give it to your descendants.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:4 - or when a person swears an oath, speaking thoughtlessly with his lips, whether to do evil or to do good, with regard to anything which the individual might speak thoughtlessly in an oath, even if he did not realize it, but he himself has later come to know it and is guilty with regard to one of these oaths -

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:3

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:3 - or has found something lost and denies it and swears falsely concerning any one of the things that someone might do to sin -

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:5

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:5 - or anything about which he swears falsely. He must restore it in full and add one fifth to it; he must give it to its owner when he is found guilty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:12

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:12 - You must not swear falsely in my name, so that you do not profane the name of your God. I am the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 11:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 11:12 - Did I conceive this entire people? Did I give birth to them, that you should say to me, 'Carry them in your arms, as a foster father bears a nursing child,' to the land which you swore to their fathers?

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:16 - 'Because the LORD was not able to bring this people into the land that he swore to them, he killed them in the wilderness.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:23

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:23 - they will by no means see the land that I swore to their fathers, nor will any of them who despised me see it.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:2

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:2 - If a man makes a vow to the LORD or takes an oath of binding obligation on himself, he must not break his word, but must do whatever he has promised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:10

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:10 - So the anger of the LORD was kindled that day, and he swore,

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 32:11

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 32:11 - 'Because they have not followed me wholeheartedly, not one of the men twenty years old and upward who came from Egypt will see the land that I swore to give to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:8 - Look! I have already given the land to you. Go, occupy the territory that I, the LORD, promised to give to your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and to their descendants."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:34

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:34 - When the LORD heard you, he became angry and made this vow:

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 1:35

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:35 - "Not a single person of this evil generation will see the good land that I promised to give to your ancestors!

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 2:14

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:14 - Now the length of time it took for us to go from Kadesh Barnea to the crossing of Wadi Zered was thirty-eight years, time for all the military men of that generation to die, just as the LORD had vowed to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:21 - But the LORD became angry with me because of you and vowed that I would never cross the Jordan nor enter the good land that he is about to give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 4:31 - (for he is a merciful God), he will not let you down or destroy you, for he cannot forget the covenant with your ancestors that he confirmed by oath to them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:10 - Then when the LORD your God brings you to the land he promised your ancestors Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob to give you - a land with large, fine cities you did not build,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:13 - You must revere the LORD your God, serve him, and take oaths using only his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:18 - Do whatever is proper and good before the LORD so that it may go well with you and that you may enter and occupy the good land that he promised your ancestors,

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 6:23 - He delivered us from there so that he could give us the land he had promised our ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:8 - Rather it is because of his love for you and his faithfulness to the promise he solemnly vowed to your ancestors that the LORD brought you out with great power, redeeming you from the place of slavery, from the power of Pharaoh king of Egypt.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:12 - If you obey these ordinances and are careful to do them, the LORD your God will faithfully keep covenant with you as he promised your ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:13 - He will love and bless you, and make you numerous. He will bless you with many children, with the produce of your soil, your grain, your new wine, your oil, the offspring of your oxen, and the young of your flocks in the land which he promised your ancestors to give you.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:1 - You must keep carefully all these commandments I am giving you today so that you may live, increase in number, and go in and occupy the land that the LORD promised to your ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 8:18

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 8:18 - You must remember the LORD your God, for he is the one who gives ability to get wealth; if you do this he will confirm his covenant that he made by oath to your ancestors, even as he has to this day.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:5 - It is not because of your righteousness, or even your inner uprightness, that you have come here to possess their land. Instead, because of the wickedness of these nations the LORD your God is driving them out ahead of you in order to confirm the promise he made on oath to your ancestors, to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 9:27

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 9:27 - Remember your servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob; ignore the stubbornness, wickedness, and sin of these people.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:11

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:11 - Then he said to me, "Get up, set out leading the people so they may go and possess the land I promised to give to their ancestors."

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 10:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 10:20 - Revere the LORD your God, serve him, be loyal to him and take oaths only in his name.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:9

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:9 - and that you may enjoy long life in the land the LORD promised to give to your ancestors and their descendants, a land flowing with milk and honey.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 11:21

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 11:21 - so that your days and those of your descendants may be extended in the land which the LORD promised to give to your ancestors, like the days of heaven itself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 13:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 13:17 - You must not take for yourself anything that has been placed under judgment. Then the LORD will relent from his intense anger, show you compassion, have mercy on you, and multiply you as he promised your ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 19:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 19:8 - If the LORD your God enlarges your borders as he promised your ancestors and gives you all the land he pledged to them,

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