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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ὁρκωμοσίαG3728
Pronunciationhorkōmosía
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 Itan oath3×Hebrews 7:20, Hebrews 7:21
oath1×Hebrews 7:28
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Usage map
A compact distribution from source-word alignment before the full evidence tables.
First aligned rowHebrews 7:20
Aligned rows4
Books represented1
Hebrews4
Source forms
ὁρκωμοσίας4xhorkōmosiasHebrews 7:20, Hebrews 7:21, Hebrews 7:28
Parsing patterns
Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular4xHebrews 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'sG3728
Lexical occurrences4 versesGreek text appearances4 timesWord forms1 form4 referencesVerse guides0 guides
Source Gloss
asseveration on oath
Extended definitionSource: 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 corpusGreek 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 7:20Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ὁρκωμοσίαςorkwmosiav
the taking of an oath, an oath
Read verseHebrews 7:21Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ὁρκωμοσίαςorkwmosiav
the taking of an oath, an oath
Read verseHebrews 7:21Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ὁρκωμοσίας,orkwmosiav
the taking of an oath, an oath
Read verseHebrews 7:28Noun Genitive Singular Feminine
ὁρκωμοσίαςorkwmosiav
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 patterns1Aligned forms4Case patternGenitive (4)Number patternSingular (4)
Verse guides are not available for this word yet, so verse references remain plain evidence markers.
Genitive · Singular · FeminineHeb 7:20 · Heb 7:21 · Heb 7:284×
Word Origins
ὁρκωμοσία is built from these roots: