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ὀμνύω

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Forms of the word
Dictionary: 
ὀμνύω
Greek transliteration: 
omnyō
Simplified transliteration: 
omnyo
Principal Parts: 
-, ὤμοσα, -, -, -
Numbers
Strong's number: 
3660
GK Number: 
3923
Statistics
Frequency in New Testament: 
26
Morphology of Biblical Greek Tag: 
v-3c(2)
Gloss: 
to declare an oath, swear an oath, promise with an oath
Definition: 
to swear, Mt. 5:34; to promise with an oath, Mk. 6:23; Acts 2:30; 7:17

Greek-English Concordance for ὀμνύω

Matthew 5:34 But I say to you, do (omosai | ὀμόσαι | aor act inf ) not take (omosai | ὀμόσαι | aor act inf ) an oath at all; neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God,
Matthew 5:36 Nor shall (omosēs | ὀμόσῃς | aor act subj 2 sg) you (omosēs | ὀμόσῃς | aor act subj 2 sg) take (omosēs | ὀμόσῃς | aor act subj 2 sg) an (omosēs | ὀμόσῃς | aor act subj 2 sg) oath (omosēs | ὀμόσῃς | aor act subj 2 sg) by your head, because you cannot make a single hair white or black.
Matthew 23:16 “Woe to you, blind guides who say, ‘If (omosē | ὀμόσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) someone swears (omosē | ὀμόσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) by the temple it means nothing; but if (omosē | ὀμόσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) someone swears (omosē | ὀμόσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) by the gold of the temple, he is bound by his oath.’
Matthew 23:18 And you say, ‘If (omosē | ὀμόσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) someone swears (omosē | ὀμόσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) by the altar it means nothing; but if (omosē | ὀμόσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) someone swears (omosē | ὀμόσῃ | aor act subj 3 sg) by the gift that is on it, he is bound by his oath.’
Matthew 23:20 So the one who swears (omosas | ὀμόσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) by the altar, swears (omnyei | ὀμνύει | pres act ind 3 sg) not only by it but by everything on it.
Matthew 23:21 And the one who swears (omosas | ὀμόσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) by the temple, swears (omnyei | ὀμνύει | pres act ind 3 sg) not only by it but by the one who dwells there.
Matthew 23:22 And the one who swears (omosas | ὀμόσας | aor act ptcp nom sg masc) by heaven, swears (omnyei | ὀμνύει | pres act ind 3 sg) not only by the throne of God but by the one who sits on it.
Matthew 26:74 Then he began to invoke curses on himself and swear (omnyein | ὀμνύειν | pres act inf ) to them, “I do not know that man!” And immediately the rooster crowed.
Mark 6:23 And he promised (ōmosen | ὤμοσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) her insistently with (ōmosen | ὤμοσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) an (ōmosen | ὤμοσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) oath (ōmosen | ὤμοσεν | aor act ind 3 sg), “Whatever you ask for, I will give it to you, up to half of my kingdom.”
Mark 14:71 Then Peter began to call down curses on himself and to swear (omnynai | ὀμνύναι | pres act inf ), “I do not know this man of whom you speak!”
Luke 1:73 the oath that he swore (ōmosen | ὤμοσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) to our father Abraham, to grant us
Acts 2:30 Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that God promised (ōmosen | ὤμοσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) him with an oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne,
Hebrews 3:11 So I swore (ōmosa | ὤμοσα | aor act ind 1 sg) in my anger, ‘They shall certainly not enter my rest.’
Hebrews 3:18 And to whom did he swear (ōmosen | ὤμοσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) that they would not enter his rest, except those who had refused to obey?
Hebrews 4:3 For we who have believed do enter that rest, just as God has said, “As I swore (ōmosa | ὤμοσα | aor act ind 1 sg) in my anger, ‘They shall certainly not enter my rest,’” and yet his work has been completed since the foundation of the world
Hebrews 6:13 When God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear (omosai | ὀμόσαι | aor act inf ), he swore (ōmosen | ὤμοσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) by himself,
Hebrews 6:16 For people swear (omnyousin | ὀμνύουσιν | pres act ind 3 pl) by someone greater than themselves, and the oath confirms what is said and puts to an end all dispute.
Hebrews 7:21 but he became a priest with an oath by the one who said to him, “The Lord has sworn (ōmosen | ὤμοσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) and will not change his mind, ‘You are a priest forever’”),
James 5:12 Above all, my brothers, do not swear (omnyete | ὀμνύετε | pres act imperative 2 pl), either by heaven or by earth or by any other oath. Rather let your “Yes” be yes and your “No,” no, so that you may not fall under judgment.
Revelation 10:6 and swore (ōmosen | ὤμοσεν | aor act ind 3 sg) by the one who lives forever and ever, who created heaven and what is in it, the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, “There will be no more delay!