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Lexicon :: Strong's G3727 - orkos

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ὅρκος
Transliteration
orkos (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 (orkos),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:33 - “Again, you have heard that [fn]the ancients were told, ‘[fn]YOU SHALL NOT [fn]MAKE FALSE VOWS, BUT SHALL FULFILL YOUR [fn]VOWS G3727 TO THE LORD.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:7 - so much that he promised with an oath G3727 to give her whatever she asked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:9 - Although he was grieved, the king commanded it to be given because of his oaths, G3727 and because of [fn]his dinner guests.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:72

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:72 - And again he denied it with an oath, G3727 “I do not know the man.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:26 - And although the king was very sorry, yet because of his oaths G3727 and because of [fn]his dinner guests, he was unwilling to refuse her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:73

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:73 - The oath G3727 which He swore to Abraham our father,

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:30 - “And so, because he was a prophet and knew that GOD HAD SWORN TO HIM WITH AN OATH G3727 TO SEAT one [fn]OF HIS DESCENDANTS ON HIS THRONE,

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:16 - For men swear by [fn]one greater than themselves, and with them an oath G3727 given as confirmation is an end of every dispute.

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:17 - [fn]In the same way God, desiring even more to show to the heirs of the promise the unchangeableness of His purpose, [fn]interposed with an oath, G3727

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Unchecked Copy Box Jas 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:12 - But above all, my brethren, do not swear, either by heaven or by earth or with any other oath; G3727 but [fn]your yes is to be yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment.
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