Greek noun (masculine) · G3727
ὅρκος
horkoshor'-kos
oath
10 uses in the Greek text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: hórkos
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's G3727is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 27New Testament books
- 5spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · G3727
a limit, i.e. (sacred) restraint (specially, an oath)
The King James renders it: oath.
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
horkos is rendered "oath". It stands 10 times in the Greek text, across six books.
- Four of the uses stand in Matthew, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Matthew 5:33Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’
- The Greek text spells it five different ways.
The first use
Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’
Matthew 5:33ὅρκους
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
- oath4
- oaths3
- an oath1
- by an oath1
- with an oath1
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 10, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
5 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
- ὅρκους3
- ὅρκον2
- ὅρκου2
- ὅρκῳ2
- ὅρκος1
The grammar of each form
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine plural3N-APM
- noun · accusative (object) · masculine singular2N-ASM
- noun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singular2N-DSM
- noun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singular2N-GSM
- noun · nominative (subject) · masculine singular1N-NSM
Matthew
four uses
Again, you have heard that it was said to the ancients, ‘Do not break your oath, but fulfill your vows to the Lord.’
- ὅρκουςhorkousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: oaths
so much that he promised with an oath to give to her whatever she asked.
- ὅρκουhorkounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: oath
The king was grieved, but because of his oaths and his guests, he ordered that her wish be granted
- ὅρκουςhorkousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: oaths
And again he denied it with an oath: “I do not know the man!”
- ὅρκουhorkounoun · genitive (“of”) · masculine singulartagged: an oath
Mark
one use
The king was consumed with sorrow, but because of his oaths and his guests, he did not want to refuse her.
- ὅρκουςhorkousnoun · accusative (object) · masculine pluraltagged: oaths
Luke
one use
the oath He swore to our father Abraham, to grant us
- ὅρκονhorkonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: oath
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.
- ὅρκῳhorkonoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: with an oath
Hebrews
two uses
Men swear by someone greater than themselves, and their oath serves as a confirmation to end all argument.
- ὅρκοςhorkosnoun · nominative (subject) · masculine singulartagged: oath
So when God wanted to make the unchanging nature of His purpose very clear to the heirs of the promise, He guaranteed it with an oath.
- ὅρκῳhorkonoun · dative (“to / for”) · masculine singulartagged: by an oath
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.
- ὅρκονhorkonnoun · accusative (object) · masculine singulartagged: oath
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.