ἘΠΙΟΡΚΙΑΙ, ἐπιορκιαι
EPIORKIAI, epiorkiai
Sounds Like: ep-ee-OR-kee-ai
Translations: perjuries, false oaths
From the root: ἘΠΙΟΡΚΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to acts of perjury or the making of false oaths. It is a compound word formed from the preposition ἐπί (epi), meaning 'upon' or 'in addition to', and ὅρκος (horkos), meaning 'oath'. It describes the act of swearing falsely, often in a legal or solemn context.
Inflection: Plural, Nominative or Accusative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1965 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Pseudo-Baruch
- The Greek Apocalypse of Baruch (3 Baruch) — 13:4
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ἘΠΙΟΡΚΙΑ.
These could represent different words with related meanings, or different forms of the same word to fit different grammatical cases, numbers, or genders. This list may include spelling variants and even misspellings in the original manuscripts! Even more words from the same root may exist in other ancient texts that aren't in our database.
- ἘΠΙΟΡΚΕΙΑΙ — perjuries, false oaths
- ΤΗΣἘΠΙΟΡΚΙΑΣ — (of) the perjury, (of) the false oath, (of) the breaking of an oath
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