ΕΠΙΟΡΚΙΑ, επιορκια
EPIORKIA, epiorkia
Sounds Like: ep-ee-OR-kee-ah
Translations: perjury, an act of perjury, false oath, a false oath
From the root: ΕΠΙΟΡΚΙΑ
Part of Speech: Noun
Explanation: This word refers to the act of swearing a false oath, or perjury. It is a compound word derived from 'epi' (upon) and 'horkos' (oath), literally meaning 'upon an oath' in the sense of violating it. It describes the act of breaking a solemn promise or testimony made under oath.
Inflection: Singular, Nominative, Feminine
Strong’s number: G1965 (Lookup on BibleHub)
Instances
Codex Sinaiticus
- Wisdom — 14:25
From the same root
Below are all other words in our texts that we've cataloged as being from the same root, ΕΠΙΟΡΚΙΑ.
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.
- ἘΠΙΟΡΚΙΑ — perjury, false oath, a false oath
- ἘΠΙΟΡΚΙΑΝ — perjury, false oath, a false oath
- ἘΠΙΟΡΚΙΑΣ — of perjury, of false swearing, of a false oath
- ΕΠΙΟΡΚΙΑΣ — of perjury, of false swearing, of a false oath
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