G3727 ὅρκος
Strong's Greek Concordance · 10 KJV occurrences
ὅρκος
hórkos
Definition
perhaps akin to G3725 (ὅριον)); a limit, i.e. (sacred) restraint (specially, an oath)
KJV Renderings
oath
Derivation / Etymology
from (a fence;
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 10)
- Matthew 5:33¶ Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
- Matthew 14:7Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask.
- Matthew 14:9And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath’s sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her.
- Matthew 26:72And again he denied with an oath, I do not know the man.
- Luke 1:73The oath which he sware to our father Abraham,
- Acts 2:30Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up Christ to sit on his throne;
- Hebrews 6:16For men verily swear by the greater: and an oath for confirmation is to them an end of all strife.
- Hebrews 6:17Where in God, willing more abundantly to shew unto the heirs of promise the immutability of his counsel, confirmed it by an oath: