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UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament

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ὀμνύω

Strong’s: G3660

Associated OET lemmas: ὀμνύω

Form 1

Part of speech: verb

Inflections: ὀμνύω; inf.; ὀμνύναι; ὀμνύω; aor.; ὤμοσα; ὀμνύω; inf.; ὀμόσαι

Related lemmas: ὁρκωμοσία · συνωμοσία

Sense 1: to swear, to make an oath, oath

Semantic entry: 33.463

Semantic domains: Communication

Subdomains: Swear, Put Under Oath, Vow

Definition: to affirm the truth of a statement by calling on a divine being to execute sanctions against a person if the statement in question is not true (in the case of a deity taking an oath, his divine being is regarded as validating the statement)

Notes: In a number of languages it is necessary to be quite specific in referring to the swearing of an oath, for example, ‘to say something by calling upon God to listen’ or ‘to state that something is true and asking God to punish if it is not true’ or ‘to make God responsible for what one has said.’|For RV MRK 14:71 · LV MRK 14:71 · Read together MRK 14:71 see 33.472: ἀναθεματίζω / 33.472: καταθεματίζω.

MAT 5:34: RV MAT 5:34 · LV MAT 5:34 · Read together MAT 5:34

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OET-RV MAT 5:34

34 But I’m telling you not to make oaths in the first place—don’t swear by heaven because it’s God’s throne,

OET-LV MAT 5:34

34 But I am_saying to_you_all not to_ actually _swear, neither by the heaven, because it_is the_throne of_ the _god,

MAT 5:36: RV MAT 5:36 · LV MAT 5:36 · Read together MAT 5:36

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OET-RV MAT 5:36

36 And don’t swear by your own strength, because you can’t even make one strand of hair grow a different colour.

OET-LV MAT 5:36

36 nor may_you_swear by the head of_you, because you_are_ not _being_able to_make one hair white.
or black.
All 20 recorded passages for this sense

MAT: RV MAT 5:34 · RV MAT 5:36 · RV MAT 23:16 · RV MAT 23:18 · RV MAT 23:20–22 · RV MAT 26:74 · LV MAT 5:34 · LV MAT 5:36 · LV MAT 23:16 · LV MAT 23:18 · LV MAT 23:20–22 · LV MAT 26:74 · Read together MAT 5:34 · Read together MAT 5:36 · Read together MAT 23:16 · Read together MAT 23:18 · Read together MAT 23:20–22 · Read together MAT 26:74

MRK: RV MRK 6:23 · RV MRK 14:71 · LV MRK 6:23 · LV MRK 14:71 · Read together MRK 6:23 · Read together MRK 14:71

LUK: RV LUK 1:73 · LV LUK 1:73 · Read together LUK 1:73

ACT: RV ACT 2:30 · LV ACT 2:30 · Read together ACT 2:30

HEB: RV HEB 3:11 · RV HEB 3:18 · RV HEB 4:3 · RV HEB 6:13 · RV HEB 6:16 · RV HEB 7:21 · LV HEB 3:11 · LV HEB 3:18 · LV HEB 4:3 · LV HEB 6:13 · LV HEB 6:16 · LV HEB 7:21 · Read together HEB 3:11 · Read together HEB 3:18 · Read together HEB 4:3 · Read together HEB 6:13 · Read together HEB 6:16 · Read together HEB 7:21

JAM: RV JAM 5:12 · LV JAM 5:12 · Read together JAM 5:12

REV: RV REV 10:6 · LV REV 10:6 · Read together REV 10:6