Lexical Summary horkizō: to make (one) swear, to adjure Original Word: ὁρκίζωTransliteration: horkizō Phonetic Spelling: (hor-kid'-zo) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to make (one) swear, to adjure Meaning: to make (one) swear, to adjure Strong's Concordance adjure, charge. From horkos; to put on oath, i.e. Make swear; by analogy, to solemnly enjoin -- adjure, charge. see GREEK horkos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 3726: ὁρκίζωὁρκίζω; (ὅρκος); 1. to force to take an oath, to administer an oath to: Xenophon, conviv. 4, 10; Demosthenes, Polybius; cf. Lob. ad Phryn., p. 361. 2. to adjure (solemnly implore), with two accusative of person, viz. of the one who is adjured and of the one by whom he is adjured (cf. Matthiae, § 413, 10; (Buttmann, 147 (128))): 1 Thessalonians 5:27 R G (see ἐνορκίζω); Mark 5:7; Acts 19:13. (the Sept. for הִשְׁבִּיעַ , τινα followed by κατά with the genitive, 1 Kings 2:42 ( |
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