ἘΦΙΟΡΚΗΣΑΣ, ἐφιορκησας
EPHIORKĒSAS, ephiorkēsas
Sounds Like: eh-fee-or-KAY-sas
Translations: having sworn falsely, having perjured oneself
From the root: ΕΠΙΟΡΚΕΩ
Part of Speech: Participle
Explanation: This word is a compound verb participle, formed from the preposition ἐπί (epi, meaning 'upon' or 'in addition to') and ὀρκέω (orkeō, meaning 'to swear' or 'to take an oath'). Together, it means to swear falsely or to commit perjury. It describes someone who has already performed the action of breaking an oath or swearing deceitfully.
Inflection: Aorist Active Participle, Nominative Singular, Masculine
Strong’s number: G1964 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Swete's Recension of the Greek Septuagint
- Ezra (Alpha) — 1:46
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
- ΕΠΙΟΡΚΕΩ — swear falsely, perjure oneself, commit perjury
- ΕΠΙΟΡΚΟΥΣΙΝ — they swear falsely, they perjure themselves, they commit perjury
- ΕΦΙΟΡΚΗΣΕΙΣ — you will swear falsely, you will perjure yourself
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