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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 - And my master made me take an oath. He said, ‘Do not allow my son to marry one of these local Canaanite women.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:5

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:5 - Tell him that my father made me swear an oath. He said to me, ‘Listen, I am about to die. Take my body back to the land of Canaan, and bury me in the tomb I prepared for myself.’ So please allow me to go and bury my father. After his burial, I will return without delay.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:6

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:6 - Pharaoh agreed to Joseph’s request. “Go and bury your father, as he made you promise,” he said.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:16

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:16 - So they sent this message to Joseph: “Before your father died, he instructed us

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 50:25

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 50:25 - Then Joseph made the sons of Israel swear an oath, and he said, “When God comes to help you and lead you back, you must take my bones with you.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 13:19

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 13:19 - Moses took the bones of Joseph with him, for Joseph had made the sons of Israel swear to do this. He said, “God will certainly come to help you. When he does, you must take my bones with you from this place.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:19 - The priest will then put the woman under oath and say to her, ‘If no other man has had sex with you, and you have not gone astray and defiled yourself while under your husband’s authority, may you be immune from the effects of this bitter water that brings on the curse.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 5:21

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 5:21 - “At this point the priest must put the woman under oath by saying, ‘May the people know that the LORD’s curse is upon you when he makes you infertile, causing your womb to shrivel[fn] and your abdomen to swell.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jos 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxJos 6:26 - At that time Joshua invoked this curse:
“May the curse of the LORD fall on anyone
who tries to rebuild the town of Jericho.
At the cost of his firstborn son,
he will lay its foundation.
At the cost of his youngest son,
he will 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’s command, and he dipped the end of his stick into a piece of honeycomb and ate the honey. After he had eaten it, he felt refreshed.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 14:28

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 14:28 - But one of the men saw him and said, “Your father made the army take a strict oath that anyone who eats food today will be cursed. That is why everyone is weary and faint.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:37

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:37 - On the day you so much as cross the Kidron Valley, you will surely die; and your blood will be on your own head.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 2:42

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:42 - So the king sent for Shimei and demanded, “Didn’t I make you swear by the LORD and warn you not to go anywhere else or you would surely die? And you replied, ‘The sentence is fair; I will do as you say.’

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 22:16

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:16 - But the king replied sharply, “How many times must I demand that you speak only the truth to me when you speak for the LORD?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 11:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 11:4 - In the seventh year of Athaliah’s reign, Jehoiada the priest summoned the commanders, the Carite mercenaries, and the palace guards to come to the Temple of the LORD. He made a solemn pact with them and made them swear an oath of loyalty there in the LORD’s Temple; then he showed them the king’s son.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 18:15

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:15 - But the king replied sharply, “How many times must I demand that you speak only the truth to me when you speak for the LORD?”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 36:13

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 36:13 - He also rebelled against King Nebuchadnezzar, even though he had taken an oath of loyalty in God’s name. Zedekiah was a hard and stubborn man, refusing to turn to the LORD, the God of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 10:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 10:5 - So Ezra stood up and demanded that the leaders of the priests and the Levites and all the people of Israel swear that they would do as Shecaniah had said. And they all swore a solemn oath.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 5:12 - They replied, “We will give back everything and demand nothing more from the people. We will do as you say.” Then I called the priests and made the nobles and officials swear to do what they had promised.

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Unchecked Copy Box Neh 13:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 13:25 - So I confronted them and called down curses on them. I beat some of them and pulled out their hair. I made them swear in the name of God that they would not let their children intermarry with the pagan people of the land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 2:7

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 2:7 - Promise me, O women of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles and wild deer,
not to awaken love until the time is right.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 3:5

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 3:5 - Promise me, O women of Jerusalem,
by the gazelles and wild deer,
not to awaken love until the time is right.[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:8 - Make this promise, O women of Jerusalem—
If you find my lover,
tell him I am weak with love.

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 5:9

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 5:9 - Young Women of Jerusalem
Why is your lover better than all others,
O woman of rare beauty?
What makes your lover so special
that we must promise this?

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Unchecked Copy Box Sng 8:4

Unchecked Copy BoxSng 8:4 - Promise me, O women of Jerusalem,
not to awaken love until the time is right.[fn]
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