ΕΠΙΟΡΚΕΩ, επιορκεω
EPIORKEŌ, epiorkeō
Sounds Like: ep-ee-OR-keh-oh
Translations: swear falsely, perjure oneself, commit perjury
From the root: ΕΠΙΟΡΚΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This verb means to swear a false oath, to commit perjury, or to violate an oath. It is a compound word formed from 'ΕΠΙ' (upon, over) and 'ΟΡΚΟΣ' (oath), literally meaning 'to swear upon an oath falsely'. It describes the act of breaking a solemn promise made under oath, often with a religious or legal implication.
Inflection: Present Active Indicative (1st Person Singular) or Present Active Infinitive. As a verb, it inflects for person, number, tense, mood, and voice.
Strong’s number: G1964 (Lookup on BibleHub)
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From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΟΡΚΕΩ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΟΡΚΟΥΣΙΝ — they swear falsely, they perjure themselves
- ἘΦΙΟΡΚΗΣΑΣ — having sworn falsely, having perjured oneself
- ΕΠΙΟΡΚΟΥΣΙΝ — they swear falsely, they perjure themselves, they commit perjury
- ΕΦΙΟΡΚΗΣΕΙΣ — you will swear falsely, you will perjure yourself
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