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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.

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 24:37 -

“My master put me under this oath: ‘You will not take a wife for my son from the daughters of the Canaanites in whose land I live

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:5 -

“my father made me take an oath, saying, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me there in the tomb that I made for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father. Then I will return.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:6 -

So Pharaoh said, “Go and bury your father in keeping with your oath.”

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:16 -

So they sent this message to Joseph, “Before he died your father gave a command:

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:25 -

So Joseph made the sons of Israel take an oath: “When God comes to your aid, you are to carry my bones up from here.”

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:19 -

Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, because Joseph had made the Israelites swear a solemn oath, saying, “God will certainly come to your aid; then you must take my bones with you from this place.”

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 -

“The priest will require the woman to take an oath and will say to her, ‘If no man has slept with you, if you have not gone astray and become defiled while under your husband’s authority, be unaffected by this bitter water that brings a curse.

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 -

“at this point the priest will make the woman take the oath with the sworn curse, and he is to say to her ​— ​‘May the LORD make you into an object of your people’s cursing and swearing when he makes your womb[fn] shrivel and your belly swell.

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 -

At that time Joshua imposed this curse:

The man who undertakes

the rebuilding of this city, Jericho,

is cursed before the LORD.

He will lay its foundation

at the cost of his firstborn;

he will finish its gates

at the cost of his youngest.

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:27 -

However, Jonathan had not heard his father make the troops swear the oath. He reached out with the end of the staff he was carrying and dipped it into the honeycomb. When he ate the honey,[fn] he had renewed energy.[fn]

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28 -

Then one of the troops said, “Your father made the troops solemnly swear, ‘The man who eats food today is cursed,’ and the troops are exhausted.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:37 -

“On the day you do leave and cross the Kidron Valley, know for sure that you will certainly die. Your blood will be on your own head.”

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:42 -

So the king summoned Shimei and said to him, “Didn’t I make you swear by the LORD and warn you, saying, ‘On the day you leave and go anywhere else, know for sure that you will certainly die’? And you said to me, ‘The sentence is fair; I will obey.’

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:16 -

But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD? ”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:4 -

In the seventh year, Jehoiada sent for the commanders of hundreds, the Carites, and the guards. He had them come to him in the LORD’s temple, where he made a covenant with them and put them under oath. He showed them the king’s son

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:15 -

But the king said to him, “How many times must I make you swear not to tell me anything but the truth in the name of the LORD? ”

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13 -

He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar who had made him swear allegiance by God. He became obstinate[fn] and hardened his heart against returning to the LORD, the God of Israel.

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:5 -

Then Ezra got up and made the leading priests, Levites, and all Israel take an oath to do what had been said; so they took the oath.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:12 -

They responded, “We will return these things and require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.”

So I summoned the priests and made everyone take an oath to do this.

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:25 -

I rebuked them, cursed them, beat some of their men, and pulled out their hair. I forced them to take an oath before God and said, “You must not give your daughters in marriage to their sons or take their daughters as wives for your sons or yourselves!

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:7 -

Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you

by the gazelles and the wild does of the field,

do not stir up or awaken love

until the appropriate time.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5 -

Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you

by the gazelles and the wild does of the field,

do not stir up or awaken love

until the appropriate time.[fn]

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:8 -

Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you,

if you find my love,

tell him that I am lovesick.

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:9 -

What makes the one you love better than another,

most beautiful of women?

What makes him better than another,

that you would give us this charge?

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:4 -

Young women of Jerusalem, I charge you,

do not stir up or awaken love

until the appropriate time.

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