Greek verb · G3670
ὁμολογέω
homologeohom-ol-og-eh'-o
to speak the same language (Hdt.).; to agree with (Hdt., Plat., al.).; to agree, confess, acknowledge (Plat., al.); to agree, promise; = ἐξμολογέω, to praise
26 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: homologéō
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3670is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 11 of 27New Testament books
- 16spellings
- 5meanings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3670
to assent, i.e. covenant, acknowledge
The King James renders it: con- (pro-)fess, confession is made, give thanks, promise.
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
homologeo is rendered "to speak the same language (Hdt.).; to agree with (Hdt., Plat., al.).; to agree, confess, acknowledge (Plat., al.); to agree, promise; = ἐξμολογέω, to praise". It stands 26 times in the Greek text, across eleven books.
- Five of the uses stand in 1 John, more than in any other book.
- The lexicon lists five meanings for it, beginning with "to speak the same language (Hdt.).".
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 7:23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
- The Greek text spells it sixteen different ways.
The first use
Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
Matthew 7:23ὁμολογήσω
The first use, in the order of the New Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
The word carries five meanings: to speak the same language (Hdt.)., and to agree with (Hdt., Plat., al.)., and to agree, confess, acknowledge (Plat., al.), and to agree, promise, and = ἐξμολογέω, to praise.
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
| Meaning | Tagged as | Where |
|---|---|---|
| to speak the same language (Hdt.). | Tagged as
and 2 more, 14 uses in all | WhereMatthew 7:23Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’ |
| to agree with (Hdt., Plat., al.). | Tagged aslisted under the table | Wherein the ledger below |
| to agree, confess, acknowledge (Plat., al.) | Tagged as
| WhereJohn 1:20He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.” |
| to agree, promiseτ. ἐπαγγελίαν, Act.7:17; with inf. obj. (Bl., § 61, 3), Mat.14:7. | Tagged as
| WhereMatthew 14:7so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked. |
| = ἐξμολογέω, to praise | Tagged as
| WhereHebrews 13:15Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise… |
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.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| ὁμολογία | homologia | confession | Uses6 |
| ὁμολογουμένως | homologoumenos | undeniably | Uses1 |
All 26, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
16 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
- ὡμολόγησεν4
- ὁμολογήσῃ3
- ὁμολογήσω3
- ὁμολογεῖ2
- ὁμολογήσει2
- ὁμολογοῦσιν2
- ὁμολογεῖται1
- ὁμολογήσαντες1
- ὁμολογήσῃς1
- ὁμολογοῦντες1
- ὁμολογούντων1
- ὁμολογῶ1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singular4V-AAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singular3V-AAS-3S
- verb · future active, indicative · 1st person singular3V-FAI-1S
- verb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-FAI-3S
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person plural2V-PAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singular2V-PAI-3S
- verb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singular1V-AAI-2S
- verb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine plural1V-AAP-NPM
- verb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singular1V-AAS-2S
- verb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person plural1V-IAI-3P
- verb · present active, indicative · 1st person singular1V-PAI-1S
- verb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine plural1V-PAP-GPM
Matthew
four uses
Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’
- ὁμολογήσωhomologesoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will declare
Therefore everyone who confesses Me before men, I will also confess him before My Father in heaven.
- ὁμολογήσειhomologeseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will confess
- ὁμολογήσωhomologesoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: will confess
so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked.
- ὡμολόγησενhomologesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he promised
Luke
two uses
I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.
- ὁμολογήσῃhomologeseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: may confess
- ὁμολογήσειhomologeseiverb · future active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: will confess
John
four uses
He did not refuse to confess, but openly declared, “I am not the Christ.”
- ὡμολόγησενhomologesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he confessed
- ὡμολόγησενhomologesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: confessed
His parents said this because they were afraid of the Jews. For the Jews had already determined that anyone who confessed Jesus as the Christ would be put out of the synagogue.
- ὁμολογήσῃhomologeseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall confess
Nevertheless, many of the leaders believed in Him; but because of the Pharisees they did not confess Him, for fear that they would be put out of the synagogue.
- ὡμολόγουνhomologounverb · imperfect active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they were confessing
Acts
three uses
As the time drew near for God to fulfill His promise to Abraham, our people in Egypt increased greatly in number.
- ὡμολόγησενhomologesenverb · aorist active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: he agreed
For the Sadducees say that there is neither a resurrection, nor angels, nor spirits, but the Pharisees acknowledge them all.
- ὁμολογοῦσινhomologousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: confess
I do confess to you, however, that I worship the God of our fathers according to the Way, which they call a sect. I believe everything that is laid down by the Law and written in the Prophets,
- ὁμολογῶhomologoverb · present active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I confess
Romans
two uses
that if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved.
- ὁμολογήσῃςhomologesesverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 2nd person singulartagged: you shall confess
For with your heart you believe and are justified, and with your mouth you confess and are saved.
- ὁμολογεῖταιhomologeitaiverb · present passive, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: is confession
1 Timothy
one use
Fight the good fight of the faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.
- ὡμολόγησαςhomologesasverb · aorist active, indicative · 2nd person singulartagged: did confess
Titus
one use
They profess to know God, but by their actions they deny Him. They are detestable, disobedient, and unfit for any good deed.
- ὁμολογοῦσινhomologousinverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person pluraltagged: they profess
Hebrews
two uses
All these people died in faith, without having received the things they were promised. However, they saw them and welcomed them from afar. And they acknowledged that they were strangers and exiles on the earth.
- ὁμολογήσαντεςhomologesantesverb · aorist active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: having confessed
Through Jesus, therefore, let us continually offer to God a sacrifice of praise, the fruit of lips that confess His name.
- ὁμολογούντωνhomologountonverb · present active, participle · genitive (“of”) · masculine pluraltagged: confessing
1 John
five uses
If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
- ὁμολογῶμενhomologomenverb · present active, subjunctive · 1st person pluraltagged: we shall confess
Whoever denies the Son does not have the Father, but whoever confesses the Son has the Father as well.
- ὁμολογῶνhomologonverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: confessing
By this you will know the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is from God,
- ὁμολογεῖhomologeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: confesses
and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God. This is the spirit of the antichrist, which you have heard is coming and which is already in the world at this time.
- ὁμολογεῖhomologeiverb · present active, indicative · 3rd person singulartagged: confesses
If anyone confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God abides in him, and he in God.
- ὁμολογήσῃhomologeseverb · aorist active, subjunctive · 3rd person singulartagged: shall confess
2 John
one use
For many deceivers have gone out into the world, refusing to confess the coming of Jesus Christ in the flesh. Any such person is the deceiver and the antichrist.
- ὁμολογοῦντεςhomologountesverb · present active, participle · nominative (subject) · masculine pluraltagged: confessing
Revelation
one use
Like them, he who overcomes will be dressed in white. And I will never blot out his name from the Book of Life, but I will confess his name before My Father and His angels.
- ὁμολογήσωhomologesoverb · future active, indicative · 1st person singulartagged: I will acknowledge
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.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.
