What does ὁρκωμοσία (horkōmosía) mean in the Bible?
ὁρκωμοσία (horkōmosía): A solemn oath-bound declaration; emphasizes binding commitment through sworn testimony before God.
Greek · G3728
ὁρκωμοσία
Asseveration on oath
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ὁρκωμοσία G3728
Pronunciation horkōmosía
What does ὁρκωμοσία (horkōmosía) mean in the Bible?
ὁρκωμοσία (horkōmosía): A solemn oath-bound declaration; emphasizes binding commitment through sworn testimony before God.
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Questions this entry answers
How does the BSB render G3728?
The BSB source-word alignment has 4 aligned rows for this entry. Common renderings include an oath (3), oath (1).
Where does ὁρκωμοσία (horkōmosía) appear in Scripture?
The source-word alignment first shows this entry at Hebrews 7:20. Its strongest book concentrations include Hebrews (4).
Source Word Evidence
BSB source-word alignment connects this entry to exact verse rows, English rendering, source form, transliteration, and parsing.
How English Renders It an oath 3× Hebrews 7:20, Hebrews 7:21
oath 1× Hebrews 7:28
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned row Hebrews 7:20
Aligned rows 4
Books represented 1
Hebrews 4
Source forms
ὁρκωμοσίας 4x horkōmosias Hebrews 7:20, Hebrews 7:21, Hebrews 7:28
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular 4x Hebrews 7:20, Hebrews 7:21, Hebrews 7:28
Evidence Summary
Greek word. A solemn oath-bound declaration; emphasizes binding commitment through sworn testimony before God.
Strong's G3728
Lexical occurrences 4 verses Greek text appearances 4 times Word forms 1 form 4 references Verse guides 0 guides
Source Gloss
asseveration on oath
Extended definition Source: STEPBible TBESG + Abbott-Smith
A solemn oath-bound declaration; emphasizes binding commitment through sworn testimony before God.
(ὅρκος, ὄμνυμι; by metapl. for τὰ ὁρκωμόσια, asseverations on oath; see MM, xviii), [in LXX: Eze.17:18-19 (עָלָה) 1Es 9:93* ;] affirmation on oath, an oath: Heb.7:20-21, 28.
Greek Text Appearances
Textus Receptus witness, full corpus Greek token appearances from Scrivener 1894 Textus Receptus in the full New Testament corpus.
4 Greek text appearances shown. Linked morphology labels have verse guides.
Hebrews 7:20 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ὁρκωμοσίας orkwmosiav
the taking of an oath, an oath
Read verse Hebrews 7:21 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ὁρκωμοσίας orkwmosiav
the taking of an oath, an oath
Read verse Hebrews 7:21 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ὁρκωμοσίας, orkwmosiav
the taking of an oath, an oath
Read verse Hebrews 7:28 Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ὁρκωμοσίας orkwmosiav
the taking of an oath, an oath
Read verseFull New Testament corpus: 260 chapters, 7,957 verses, 140,628 tokens. Data source: honza/textus-receptus (data only), with authority check against byztxt/greektext-textus-receptus.
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
This word appears as a noun across 1 case and number pattern. The form changes show how the word functions in a sentence; they do not change the basic lexical meaning by themselves.
Form patterns 1 Aligned forms 4 Case pattern Genitive (4) Number pattern Singular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · Feminine Heb 7:20 · Heb 7:21 · Heb 7:28 4×
Word Origins
ὁρκωμοσία is built from these roots:
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain