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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.)).
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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 TR Greek.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:33 - “Again you have heard that it was said to those of old, ‘You shall not swear falsely, but shall perform your oaths to the Lord.’

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:7 - Therefore he promised with an oath 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 sorry; nevertheless, because of the oaths and because of those who sat with him, he commanded it to be given to her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Mat 26:72

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:72 - But again he denied with an oath, “I do not know the Man!”

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Unchecked Copy Box Mar 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:26 - And the king was exceedingly sorry; yet, because of the oaths and because of those who sat with him, he did not want to refuse her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Luk 1:73

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Act 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:30 - “Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne,[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:16

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Heb 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:17 - Thus God, determining to show more abundantly to the heirs of promise the immutability of His counsel, confirmed it by an oath,

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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. But let your “Yes” be “Yes,” and your “No,” “No,” lest you fall into judgment.[fn]
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