ΟΡΚΟΥ, ορκου
ORKOU, orkou
Sounds Like: OR-koo
Translations: of oath, of an oath, of a vow
From the root: ΟΡΚΟΣ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to an oath or a solemn vow, often made to God or a deity, or between people. It signifies a formal declaration or promise, often invoked with a divine witness, and carries significant weight and obligation. In its genitive form, as seen here, it indicates possession or relation, such as 'of an oath' or 'concerning an oath'.
Inflection: Singular, Genitive, Masculine
Strong’s number: G3727 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Clement of Rome
- Clement’s First Letter — 8:2
Codex Sinaiticus
Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews
- Book 17 — 3:58
Josephus' The Jewish War
- Book Two — 8:19
Justin Martyr
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Genesis — 21:14, 21:32, 21:33, 22:19, 24:8, 26:23, 26:33, 28:10, 46:1, 46:5
- Leviticus — 5:4
- Numbers — 30:11
- 2 Chronicles — 15:15
- Psalms — 104:9
- Psalms of Solomon — 4:4, 8:11
- Proverbs — 29:24
- Ecclesiastes — 8:2
- Amos — 5:5
Tischendorf's Greek New Testament
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΟΡΚΟΣ.
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.
- ἘΝΟΡΚΙΟΝ — oath, an oath, sworn oath, a sworn oath
- ἘΝΟΡΚΩΣ — under oath, with an oath, solemnly
- ΟΡΚΙΑ — oaths, pledges, sworn agreements
- ΟΡΚΟ — oath, an oath, a vow, an agreement
- ΟΡΚΟΙΣ — oaths, to oaths, by oaths
- ΟΡΚΟΝ — oath, an oath
- ΟΡΚΟΣ — oath, an oath
- ΟΡΚΟΥΣ — oaths
- ΟΡΚΩ — (to) an oath, (by) an oath, (with) an oath
- ΟΡΚΩΝ — of oaths, of vows, of solemn promises
- ΤΟΙΣΟΡΚΟΙΣ — to oaths, to an oath, for oaths, for an oath
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