Greek verb · G3660
ὀμνύω
omnyoom-noo'-o
to swear
26 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: omnýō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3660is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 7 of 27New Testament books
- 11spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3660
to swear, i.e. take (or declare on) oath
The King James renders it: swear.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
omnyo is rendered "to swear". It stands 26 times in the Greek text, across seven books.
- Thirteen of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:34But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
- The Greek text spells it eleven different ways.
The first use
But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
Matthew 5:34ὀμόσαι
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- he swore4
- to swear4
- having sworn3
- swears3
- I swore2
- may swear2
- shall swear2
- did He swear that1
- do swear1
- Has sworn1
- may you swear1
- swear1
and 1 more, 26 uses in all
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 26, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
11 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- ὤμοσεν7
- ὀμόσῃ4
- ὀμνύει3
- ὀμόσας3
- ὀμόσαι2
- ὤμοσα2
- ὀμνύειν1
- ὀμνύετε1
- ὀμνύναι1
- ὀμνύουσιν1
- ὀμόσῃς1
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular7V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular4V-AAS-3S
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singular3V-AAP-NSM
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular3V-PAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singular2V-AAI-1S
- verb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-AAN
- verb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)2V-PAN
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singular1V-AAS-2S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-PAI-3P
- verb · present active, command · 2nd person plural1V-PAM-2P
Matthew
thirteen uses
But I tell you not to swear at all: either by heaven, for it is God’s throne;
- ὀμόσαιomosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to swear
Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.
- ὀμόσῃςomosesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: may you swear
Woe to you, blind guides! You say, ‘If anyone swears by the temple, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
- ὀμόσῃomoseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may swear
- ὀμόσῃomoseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may swear
And you say, ‘If anyone swears by the altar, it means nothing; but if anyone swears by the gift on it, he is bound by his oath.’
- ὀμόσῃomoseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall swear
- ὀμόσῃomoseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall swear
So then, he who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it.
- ὀμόσαςomosasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sworn
- ὀμνύειomnueiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: swears
And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.
- ὀμόσαςomosasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sworn
- ὀμνύειomnueiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: swears
And he who swears by heaven swears by God’s throne and by the One who sits on it.
- ὀμόσαςomosasverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: having sworn
- ὀμνύειomnueiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: swears
At that he began to curse and swear to them, “I do not know the man!” And immediately a rooster crowed.
- ὀμνύεινomnueinverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to swear
Mark
two uses
And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask of me, I will give you, up to half my kingdom!”
- ὤμοσενomosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he swore
But he began to curse and swear, “I do not know this man of whom you speak!”
- ὀμνύναιomnunaiverb · present active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to swear
Luke
one use
the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
- ὤμοσενomosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He swore
Acts
one use
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.
- ὤμοσενomosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: swore
Hebrews
seven uses
So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’”
- ὤμοσαomosaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I swore
And to whom did He swear that they would never enter His rest? Was it not to those who disobeyed?
- ὤμοσενomosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: did He swear that
Now we who have believed enter that rest. As for the others, it is just as God has said: “So I swore on oath in My anger, ‘They shall never enter My rest.’” And yet His works have been finished since the foundation of the world.
- ὤμοσαomosaverb · aorist active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I swore
When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,
- ὀμόσαιomosaiverb · aorist active, infinitive (“to…”)tagged: to swear
- ὤμοσενomosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: He swore
Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.
- ὀμνύουσινomnuousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: swear
but Jesus became a priest with an oath by the One who said to Him: “The Lord has sworn and will not change His mind: ‘You are a priest forever.’”
- ὤμοσενomosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: Has sworn
James
one use
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.
- ὀμνύετεomnueteverb · present active, command · 2nd person pluraltagged: do swear
Revelation
one use
And he swore by Him who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and everything in it, the earth and everything in it, and the sea and everything in it: “There will be no more delay!
- ὤμοσενomosenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he swore
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.