oath

Greek Noun Male

ὅρκος, -ου, ὁ [in LXX chiefly for שֶׁוַע, שִׁבְעָה and cogn. forms;] an oath: Mat.14:7 26:72, Luk.1:73, Act.2:30, Heb.6:16-17, Jas.5:12; p1, Mat.5:33 (LXX) Mat.14:9, Mrk.6:26. (AS)

oath

Greek Noun Male

ὅρκος, ὁ, the object by which one swears, as the Styx among the gods, Στυγὸς ὕδωρ, ὅς τε μέγιστος ὅ. δεινότατός τε πέλει μακάρεσσι θεοῖσι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; or as Zeus among mortals, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; so of things, ὅρκον δ᾽ ἐνοσφίσθης μέγαν, ἅλας τε καὶ τράπεζαν [Refs 7th c.BC+] 2) oath, mostly with epithet μέγας, καρτερός, [Refs 8th c.BC+], etc; θεῶν ὅ. an oath by the gods, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅ. πλατύς a firm-based oath, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅρκον ὀμόσαι swear an oath, ὄμοσέν τε τελεύτησέν τε τὸν ὅ. [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅ. ἐπιορκῆσαι take a false oath, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅρκου προστεθέντος when an oath is added, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; δαίμονι τῷ Πλεισθενιδῶν ὅρκους θεμένη having made a sworn compact with, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; of the person demanding the oath, ὅ. ἑλέσθαι τινός or τινί take it of him, i.e. make him swear, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὅρκους ἐπελάσαι and προσάγειν τινί lay oath upon a man, put him on his oath, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; τὸν ὅ. ἐπάγειν. Ὀποντίοις readminister the oath, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅρκους δοὺς καὶ δεξάμενος after tendering his oath to them and accepting theirs, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἀποδοῦναι take it oneself, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ἀπολαμβάνειν administer or tender it, [Refs 4th c.BC+]; ὅρκους καὶ πίστιν ἀλλήλοις δότε swear to one another, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅρκοις καταλαβὼν τὰ τέλη having bound the authorities by oaths, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ὅρκῳ ἐμμένειν abide by it, [Refs 5th c.BC+] aorist, present, or future infinitive may refer to future time, ὤμοσα καρτερὸν ὅ, μὴ. ἀναφῆναι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ἐμεῦ δ᾽ ἕλετο μέγαν ὅ, μὴ πρὶν σοὶ ἐρέειν[Refs 8th c.BC+]; εἶπαι ἐπ᾽ ὅρκου say on oath, [Refs 5th c.BC+] II) Ὅρκος, personified, son of Eris, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; a divinity who punishes the false and perjured,[Refs 5th c.BC+]; Διὸς Ὅ, as servant of Zeus, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Noun Masculine

perhaps akin to g3725 (ὅριον)); a limit, i.e. (sacred) restraint (specially, an oath); oath; from (a fence