G3660Verb26 times in the New Testament (critical text)Where it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Matthew 5:34ὀμόσαι
But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
- Mark 6:23ὤμοσεν
And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”
- Luke 1:73ὤμοσεν
the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
- Acts 2:30ὤμοσεν
But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.
- Hebrews 6:13ὀμόσαι
When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,
- James 5:12ὀμνύετε
Above all, my brothers, do not swear, not by heaven or earth or by any other oath. Simply let your “Yes” be yes, and your “No,” no, so that you will not fall under judgment.
Abbott-Smith
(so Hdt. and some Att.. writers) and ὄμνυμι (so generally in Att.. prose and always in Trag.; Mrk.14:71, -ύναι), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁבַע ni. ;]
to swear, affirm by oath: Mat.26:74, Mrk.14:71, Heb.7:21; before εἰ (q.v), Heb.3:11 4:3; with dative of person(s), Mrk.6:23; id. with inf., Heb.3:18; before ὅρκῳ, Act.2:30; ὀ. ὅρκον, πρός, with accusative of person(s) (cl.), Luk.1:73; with accusative (of that by which one swears; cl., see MM, xviii), Jas.5:12; before κατά, with genitive (LXX; Bl., § 34, 1), Heb.6:13, 16; before ἐν (εἰς), as in Heb. (El., § 39, 4), Mat.5:34, 36 23:16, 18 23:20-22 Rev.10:6 (Bl., § 70, 3).†
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Sources: Abbott-Smith’s Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (1922, public domain) and glosses from STEPBible TBESG (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAGNT (Greek New Testament, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.