STRONGS G1843:
ἐξομολογέω,
-ῶ: 1 aorist
ἐξωμολόγησα; middle, [present
εξ- ὀμολογοῦμαι]; future
ἐξομολογήσομαι; [1 aorist subjunctive 3 person singular
-γήσηται,
Philippians 2:11 R G L text Tr text WH]; (
ἐξ either
forth from the heart, freely, or
publicly, openly [cf. Winers Grammar, 102 (97)]); active and deponent middle
to confess, to profess;
1. to confess:
τὰς ἁμαρτίας,
Matthew 3:6;
Mark 1:5; [
James 5:16 L T Tr WH], (Josephus, Antiquities 8, 4, 6; [cf.
b. j. 5, 10, 5; Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 51, 3; the Epistle of Barnabas 19, 12]);
τὰς πράξεις,
Acts 19:18;
τὰ παραπτώματα,
James 5:16 R G; (
ἡτταν, Plutarch, Eum c. 17;
τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἄνευ βασάνων, id. Anton c. 59).
2. to profess i. e. to acknowledge openly and joyfully:
τὸ ὄνομα τινος,
Revelation 3:5 Rec.; followed by
ὅτι,
Philippians 2:11; with the dative of person [cf. Winers Grammar § 31, 1 f.; Buttmann, 176 (153)]
to one's honor, i. e. to celebrate, give praise to (so the
Sept. for
לְ הודָה,
Psalm 29:5 (
Ps. 30:5); Psalm 105:47 (
Ps. 106:47);
Psalm 121:4 (
Ps. 122:4), etc.; [Winer's Grammar, 32]):
Romans 14:11;
Romans 15:9 from Psalm 17:50 (
Ps. 18:50), (Clement of Rome, 1 Cor. 61, 3);
τινί (the dative of person) followed by
ὅτι:
Matthew 11:25;
Luke 10:21.
to profess that one will do something, to promise, agree, engage:
Luke 22:6 [Lachmann omits]; (in this sense the Greeks and Josephus use
ὁμολογεῖν).
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