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Lexicon :: Strong's G3660 - omnyō

Aa
ὀμνύω
Transliteration
omnyō (Key)
Pronunciation
om-noo'-o
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A prolonged form of a primary but obsolete omo, for which another prolonged form (omoo {om-o'-o}) is used in certain tenses
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Vine's Expository Dictionary: View Entry

TDNT Reference: 5:176,683

Strong’s Definitions

ὀμνύω omnýō, om-noo'-o; a prolonged form of a primary, but obsolete ὄμω ómō, for which another prolonged form ὀμόω omóō om-o'-o is used in certain tenses; to swear, i.e. take (or declare on) oath:—swear.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x

The KJV translates Strong's G3660 in the following manner: swear (27x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 27x
The KJV translates Strong's G3660 in the following manner: swear (27x).

  1. to swear

  2. to affirm, promise, threaten, with an oath

  3. in swearing to call a person or thing as witness, to invoke, swear by

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
ὀμνύω omnýō, om-noo'-o; a prolonged form of a primary, but obsolete ὄμω ómō, for which another prolonged form ὀμόω omóō om-o'-o is used in certain tenses; to swear, i.e. take (or declare on) oath:—swear.
STRONGS G3660:
ὀμνύω (Matthew 23:20; Matthew 26:74; Hebrews 6:16; James 5:12; (Winer's Grammar, 24)) and ὄμνυμι (ὀμνύναι, Mark 14:71 G L T Tr WH (cf. B. 45 (39))) form their tenses from ὈΜΟΩ; hence, 1 aorist ὤμοσα; the Sept. for נִשְׁבַּע; to swear; to affirm, promise, threaten, with an oath: absolutely, followed by direct discourse, Matthew 26:74; Mark 14:71; Hebrews 7:21; followed by εἰ, Hebrews 3:11; Hebrews 4:3; see εἰ I. 5. ὀμνύειν ὅρκον (often so in Greek writings from Homer down (Winer's Grammar, 226 (212))) πρός τινα, to one (Homer, Odyssey 14, 331; 19, 288), Luke 1:73; ὀμνύειν with the dative of the person to whom one promises or threatens something with an oath: followed by direct discourse Mark 6:23; by an infinitive (Winer's Grammar, 331 (311)), Hebrews 3:18; with ὅρκῳ added, Acts 2:30 (Winer's Grammar, 603 (561)); τίνι τί, Acts 7:17 (Rec. i. e. genitive by attraction; cf. Buttmann, § 143, 8; Winer's Grammar, § 24, 1). that by which one swears is indicated by an accusative, τινα or τί (so in classical Greek from Homer down (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 32, 1 b. γ.; Buttmann, 147 (128))), in swearing to call a person or thing as witness, to invoke, swear by (Isaiah 65:16; Josephus, Antiquities 5, 1, 2; 7, 14, 5); τόν οὐρανόν, τήν γῆν, James 5:12; with prepositions (cf. Buttmann, as above): κατά τίνος (see κατά, I. 2 a.), Hebrews 6:13, 16 (Genesis 22:16; Genesis 31:54; 1 Samuel 28:10 (Complutensian); Isaiah 45:23; Isaiah 62:8; Amos 4:2; Demosthenes, p. 553, 17; 553, 26 (others, ἐπομνύειν), etc.; κατά πάντων ὠμνυε θεῶν, Long. past. 4, 16); in imitation of the Hebrew נִשְׁבַּע followed by בְּ, ἐν τίνι is used (Winers Grammar, 389 (364); Buttmann, the passage cited; see ἐν, I. 8{b}): Matthew 5:34, 36; Matthew 23:16, 18, 20-22; Revelation 10:6; εἰς εἰ, with the mind directed unto (Winers Grammar, 397 (371); Buttmann, as above; see εἰς, B. II. 2 a.), Matthew 5:35.
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BLB Scripture Index of Thayer's

Genesis
22:16; 31:54
1 Samuel
28:10
Isaiah
45:23; 62:8; 65:16
Amos
4:2
Matthew
5:34; 5:35; 5:36; 23; 23:16; 23:18; 23:20; 26:74; 26:74
Mark
6:23; 14:71; 14:71
Luke
1:73
Acts
2:30; 7:17
Hebrews
3:11; 3:18; 4:3; 6:13; 6:16; 6:16; 7:21
James
5:12; 5:12
Revelation
10:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number G3660 matches the Greek ὀμνύω (omnyō),
which occurs 26 times in 20 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:34

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:34 - But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God;

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:36

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:36 - You may not take an oath by your head, because you are not able to make one hair white or black.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:16

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:16 - A curse is on you, blind guides, who say, Whoever takes an oath by the Temple, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the gold of the Temple, he is responsible.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:18

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:18 - And, Whoever takes an oath by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever takes an oath by the offering which is on it, he is responsible.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:20

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:20 - He, then, who takes an oath by the altar, takes it by the altar and by all things on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:21

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:21 - And he who takes an oath by the Temple, takes it by the Temple and by him whose house it is.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:22

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 23:22 - And he who takes an oath by heaven, takes it by the seat of God, and by him who is seated on it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:74

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:74 - Then with curses and oaths he said, I have no knowledge of the man. And straight away there came the cry of a cock.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:23

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:23 - And he took an oath, saying to her, Whatever is your desire I will give it to you, even half of my kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:71

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 14:71 - But, with curses and oaths, he said, I have no knowledge of the man about whom you are talking.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:73

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:73 - The oath which he made to Abraham, our father,

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:30 - But being a prophet, and having in mind the oath which God had given to him, that of the fruit of his body one would take his place as a king,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:11

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:11 - And being angry I made an oath, saying, They may not come into my rest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:18

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 3:18 - And to whom did he make an oath that they might not come into his rest? was it not to those who went against his orders?

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:3

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 4:3 - For those of us who have belief come into his rest; even as he has said, As I said in my oath when I was angry, They may not come into my rest: though the works were done from the time of the making of the world.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:13

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:13 - For when God made his oath to Abraham, because there was no greater oath, he made it by himself,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:16 - For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath.

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:21

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 7:21 - (For those were made priests without an oath, but this one was made a priest with an oath by him who says of him, The Lord gave his oath, which he will not take back, that you are a priest for ever);

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:12 - But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.

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Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:6

Unchecked Copy BoxRev 10:6 - And took his oath by him who is living for ever and ever, who made the heaven and the things in it, and the earth and the things in it, and the sea and the things in it, that there would be no more waiting:
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