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Adjure: To Appeal to Earnestly; to Command.
But Jesus held his peace. And the high priest answered and said unto him, I ADJURE thee by the living God, that thou tell us whether thou be the Christ, the Son of God. (Matthew 26:63)
| 1 | Strong's Number: g3726 | Greek: horkizo |
Adjure:
"to cause to swear, to lay under the obligation of an oath" (horkos, Mar 5:7; Act 19:13), is connected with the Heb. word for a thigh, cp. Gen 24:2, 9; 47:29. Some mss. have this word in 1Th 5:27. The most authentic have No. 3 (below).
See CHARGE.
| 2 | Strong's Number: g1844 | Greek: exorkizo |
Adjure:
an intensive form of No. 1, signifies "to appeal by an oath, to adjure," Mat 26:63. In the Sept., Gen 24:3; Jdg 17:2; 1Ki 22:16.
| 3 | Strong's Number: g3726 | Greek: enorkizo |
Adjure:
to put under (or bind by) an oath," is translated "adjure" in the RV of 1Th 5:27 (AV, "charge"). In the Sept., Neh 13:25.
Note: The synonymous verb omnumi signifies "to make an oath, to declare or promise with an oath." See, e.g., Mar 6:23, in contrast to Mar 5:7 (horkizo).
See OATH and SWEAR.
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