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GreekG3660Verb

ὄμνυμι

omnumi

20Occurrences
G3660Strong's #
VerbPart of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

to swear, i.e. take (or declare on) oath

a prolonged form of a primary, but obsolete , for which another prolonged form is used in certain tenses;

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
and *ὄμνυμι *(so generally in Att. prose and always in Trag.; -ύναι), to swear, affirm by oath: ; (q.v); inf.; ὀ. ὅρκον, πρός, with accusative of person(s); cl., see MM, xviii); with genitive (LXX; Bl., § 34, 1); (εἰς), as in Heb. (El., § 39, 4) .
LXX: chiefly for שָׁבַע ni.

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Verb

Morphology Code

G:V

Full Description

Greek Verb

Occurrences

ὄμνυμι appears 20 times in the New Testament.

Distribution by Book

Matthew
8
Hebrews
6
Mark
2
Acts
1
James
1
Luke
1
Revelation
1

Key Passages

Acts 2:30BSB

But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that He would place one of his descendants on his throne.

Hebrews 6:13BSB

When God made His promise to Abraham, since He had no one greater to swear by, He swore by Himself,

Luke 1:73BSB

the oath He swore to our father Abraham,to grant us

Matthew 23:21BSB

And he who swears by the temple swears by it and by the One who dwells in it.

Matthew 5:36BSB

Nor should you swear by your head, for you cannot make a single hair white or black.

Lexicon data from STEPBible.org (Tyndale House, Cambridge) under CC BY 4.0 license.