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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 27
    New Testament books
  • 16
    spellings
  • 5
    meanings

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

The word stands in eleven of the 27 New Testament books.

The other 16 New Testament books never use the word.

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

The English STEP Bible gives each use, word by word, and how many times.
to speak the same language (Hdt.).Tagged as
  • will confess3
  • confesses2
  • shall confess2
  • did confess1
  • I confess1
  • I will declare1
  • may confess1
  • they profess1

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 tableWherein the ledger below
to agree, confess, acknowledge (Plat., al.)Tagged as
  • confess1
  • confessed1
  • having confessed1
  • he confessed1
  • I will acknowledge1
  • is confession1
  • we shall confess1
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
  • he agreed1
  • he promised1
WhereMatthew 14:7so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked.
= ἐξμολογέω, to praiseTagged as
  • confessing3
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.

ὁμολογίαhomologiaconfessionUses6
ὁμολογουμένωςhomologoumenosundeniablyUses1

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!’

    Matthew 7:23

    • 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.

    Matthew 10:32

    • 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.

    Matthew 14:7

    • 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.

    Luke 12:8

    • 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.”

    John 1:20

    • 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.

    John 9:22

    • 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.

    John 12:42

    • 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.

    Acts 7:17

    • 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.

    Acts 23:8

    • 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,

    Acts 24:14

    • 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.

    Romans 10:9

    • 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.

    Romans 10:10

    • 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.

    1 Timothy 6:12

    • 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.

    Titus 1:16

    • 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.

    Hebrews 11:13

    • 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.

    Hebrews 13:15

    • 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.

    1 John 1:9

    • 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.

    1 John 2:23

    • 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,

    1 John 4:2

    • 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.

    1 John 4:3

    • 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.

    1 John 4:15

    • 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.

    2 John 1:7

    • 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.

    Revelation 3:5

    • 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.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESG (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0), the Brief lexicon based on Abbott-Smith (1922).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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