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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 heard that it was said to the ancients: Thou shalt not swear falsely, but thou shalt pay to the Lord thine oaths;

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:7 - whereupon with an oath he professed to give her whatever she might ask.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:9 - and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and of those reclining 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 did he deny with an oath -- 'I have not known the man.'

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:26 - And the king -- made very sorrowful -- because of the oaths and of those reclining (at meat) with him, would not put her away,

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:73

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:73 - An oath that He sware to Abraham our father,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:30 - a prophet, therefore, being, and knowing that with an oath God did swear to him, out of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, to raise up the Christ, to sit upon his throne,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:16 - for men indeed do swear by the greater, and an end of all controversy to them for confirmation is the oath,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:17 - in which God, more abundantly willing to shew to the heirs of the promise the immutability of his counsel, did interpose by an oath,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:12 - And before all things, my brethren, do not swear, neither by the heaven, neither by the earth, neither by any other oath, and let your Yes be Yes, and the No, No; that under judgment ye may not fall.
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