2001 Translation

ORKOUS, orkous

Sounds Like: OR-koos

Translations: oaths

From the root: ΟΡΚΟΣ

Part of Speech: Noun

Explanation: This word refers to solemn promises or declarations, often made with an appeal to a divine being or a sacred object. It is used to denote a formal pledge or a sworn statement. In a sentence, it would typically function as the object of a verb, indicating what is being sworn or pledged.

Inflection: Plural, Accusative, Masculine

Strong’s number: G3727 (Lookup on BibleHub)

Instances

Codex Sinaiticus

• 4 Maccabees — 5:29
• Wisdom — 12:21, 18:22
• Matthew — 5:33, 14:9
• Mark — 6:26

Josephus' Against Apion

• Book One — 22:167, 38:263
• Book Two — 38:263

Josephus' Antiquities of the Jews

• Book 1 — 19:323
• Book 2 — 10:242
• Book 5 — 1:15, 1:26, 2:155, 8:299
• Book 6 — 2:24, 12:253, 13:276
• Book 7 — 1:24, 1:29, 1:40, 12:294
• Book 8 — 1:17, 14:386
• Book 9 — 7:143
• Book 10 — 4:63, 7:100, 7:102, 7:124
• Book 11 — 5:147, 8:318, 8:319
• Book 12 — 1:8, 9:376, 9:382, 9:383, 10:396, 10:403
• Book 13 — 3:76, 5:156, 12:336
• Book 14 — 7:108, 7:109, 12:309, 12:315
• Book 15 — 10:355
• Book 19 — 4:247, 9:362
• Book 20 — 3:62

Josephus' The Jewish War

• Book Two — 8:23, 17:47, 17:49
• Book Five — 9:58
• Book Six — 8:14

Life of Flavius Josephus, The

• The Life of Flavius Josephus — 14:78, 20:101, 53:275

Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint

• 4 Maccabees — 5:29
• Wisdom — 12:21, 18:22

Tischendorf's Greek New Testament

• Matthew — 5:33, 14:9
• Mark — 6:26

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
• ΟΡΚΟΥ — of oath, of an oath, of a vow
• 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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