STRONGS G3727:
ὅρκος,
ὅρκου,
ὁ (from
ἔργῳ,
εἴργω; equivalent to
ἕρκος an enclosure, confinement; hence, Latin
orcus) (from
Homer down), the
Sept. for
שֲׁבוּעָה,
an oath:
Matthew 14:7,
9;
Matthew 26:72;
Mark 6:26;
Luke 1:73 (
Winers Grammar, 628 (583);
Buttmann, § 144, 13);
Acts 2:30 (
Winer's Grammar, 226 (212); 603 (561));
Hebrews 6:16;
James 5:12; by metonymy,
that which has been pledged or promised with an oath; plural
vows, Matthew 5:33 ((cf. Wünsche ad loc.)).
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