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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