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Lexicon :: Strong's G3727 - horkos

Aa
ὅρκος
Transliteration
horkos (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))
Dictionary Aids

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 (horkos),
which occurs 10 times in 10 verses in the MGNT Greek.

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:33

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 5:33 - “Again, G3825 you have heard G191 that [fn]the ancients G744 were told, G3004 ‘[fn]YOU SHALL NOT [fn]MAKE G1964 FALSE G1964 VOWS G1964, BUT SHALL FULFILL G591 YOUR [fn]VOWS G3727 TO THE LORD.’ G2962

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:7

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:7 - so G3606 much that he promised G3670 with an oath G3727 to give G1325 her whatever G3739 G1437 she asked. G154

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 14:9 - Although he was grieved, G3076 the king G935 commanded G2753 it to be given G1325 because G1223 of his oaths, G3727 and because of [fn]his dinner G4873 guests. G4873

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Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:72

Unchecked Copy BoxMat 26:72 - And again G3825 he denied G720 it with an oath, G3727 “I do not know G6063 the man.” G444

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Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:26

Unchecked Copy BoxMar 6:26 - And although the king G935 was very G4036 sorry, G4036 yet because G1223 of his oaths G3727 and because of [fn]his dinner G345 guests, G345 he was unwilling G3756 G2309 to refuse G114 her.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:73

Unchecked Copy BoxLuk 1:73 - The oath G3727 which G3739 He swore G3660 to Abraham G11 our father, G3962

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Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:30

Unchecked Copy BoxAct 2:30 - “And so, G3767 because he was a prophet G4396 and knew G6063 that GOD G2316 HAD SWORN G3660 TO HIM WITH AN OATH G3727 TO SEAT G2523 one [fn]OF HIS DESCENDANTS G2590 G3751 ON HIS THRONE G2362,

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:16

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:16 - For men G444 swear G3660 by [fn]one G3173 greater G3173 than themselves, and with them an oath G3727 given as confirmation G951 is an end G4009 of every G3956 dispute. G485

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Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:17

Unchecked Copy BoxHeb 6:17 - [fn]In the same G3739 way God, G2316 desiring G1014 even G4053 more G4053 to show G1925 to the heirs G2818 of the promise G1860 the unchangeableness G276 of His purpose, G1012 [fn]interposed G3315 with an oath, G3727

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Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJas 5:12 - But above G4253 all, G3956 my brethren, G80 do not swear, G3660 either G3383 by heaven G3772 or G3383 by earth G1093 or G3383 with any G5100 other G243 oath; G3727 but [fn]your yes G3483 is to be yes, G3483 and your no, G3756 no, G3756 so G2443 that you may not fall G4098 under G5259 judgment. G2920
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