ἐξομολογέω, 
-ῶ: 1 aorist 
ἐξωμολόγησα; middle, [present 
εξ- ὀμολογοῦμαι]; future 
ἐξομολογήσομαι; [1 aorist subjunctive 3 person singular 
-γήσηται, 
Philippians 2:11 R G L text Tr text WH]; (
ἐξ either 
forth from the heart, freely, or 
publicly, openly [cf. Winers Grammar, 102 (97)]); active and deponent middle 
to confess, to profess;
1. to confess: 
τὰς ἁμαρτίας, 
Matthew 3:6; 
Mark 1:5; [
James 5:16 L T Tr WH], (Josephus, Antiquities 8, 4, 6; [cf. 
b. j. 5, 10, 5; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 51, 3; the Epistle of Barnabas 19, 12]); 
τὰς πράξεις, 
Acts 19:18; 
τὰ παραπτώματα, 
James 5:16 R G; (
ἡτταν, Plutarch, Eum c. 17; 
τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἄνευ βασάνων, id. Anton c. 59).
2. to profess i. e. to acknowledge openly and joyfully: 
τὸ ὄνομα τινος, 
Revelation 3:5 Rec.; followed by 
ὅτι, 
Philippians 2:11; with the dative of person [cf. Winers Grammar § 31, 1 f.; Buttmann, 176 (153)] 
to one's honor, i. e. to celebrate, give praise to (so the 
Sept. for 
לְ הודָה, 
Psalm 29:5 (
Ps. 30:5); Psalm 105:47 (
Ps. 106:47); 
Psalm 121:4 (
Ps. 122:4), etc.; [Winer's Grammar, 32]): 
Romans 14:11; 
Romans 15:9 from Psalm 17:50 (
Ps. 18:50), (Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 61, 3); 
τινί (the dative of person) followed by 
ὅτι: 
Matthew 11:25; 
Luke 10:21. 
to profess that one will do something, to promise, agree, engage: 
Luke 22:6 [Lachmann omits]; (in this sense the Greeks and Josephus use 
ὁμολογεῖν). 
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