ΕΦΙΟΡΚΗΣΕΙΣ, εφιορκησεις
EPHIORKĒSEIS, ephiorkēseis
Sounds Like: ep-ee-or-KAY-sace
Translations: you will swear falsely, you will perjure yourself
From the root: ΕΠΙΟΡΚΕΩ
Part of Speech: Verb
Explanation: This word is a verb meaning 'to swear falsely' or 'to perjure oneself'. It describes the act of breaking an oath or making a false promise under oath. It is a compound word formed from 'ἐπί' (epi), meaning 'upon' or 'in addition to', and 'ὁρκέω' (horkeo), meaning 'to swear' or 'to take an oath'. Thus, it implies swearing falsely upon an oath.
Inflection: Second Person, Singular, Future, Indicative, Active
Strong’s number: G1964 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Matthew — 5:33
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
- ΕΠΙΟΡΚΕΩ — swear falsely, perjure oneself, commit perjury
- ΕΠΙΟΡΚΟΥΣΙΝ — they swear falsely, they perjure themselves, they commit perjury
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