Strong's Greek · G3726

ὁρκίζω

horkízō

adjure, charge

Definition

to put on oath, i.e. make swear; by analogy, to solemnly enjoin

Derivation

from G3727 (ὅρκος);

Appears 3 times in Scripture

Mark 5:7

And he shouted in a loud voice, “What do You want with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”

1 Thessalonians 5:27

I charge you before the Lord to have this letter read to all the brothers.

Acts 19:13

Now there were some itinerant Jewish exorcists who tried to invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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