ὁρκίζω
horkizō · adjure
Greek word · Strong’s number G3726 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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horkizō (ὁρκίζω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “adjure”.
Make someone swear, charge solemnly by calling on God.
How to say it
hor·ki·zō
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To demand something gravely, calling God as witness.
From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- I adjure ×2
- I solemnly charge ×1
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Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Mark 5:7
and crying out with a loud voice, he says, “What have I to do with you, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I adjure you by God, do not torment me!”
- Acts 19:13
But some also of the itinerant Jewish exorcists attempted to name over those who had the evil spirits the name of the Lord Jesus, saying, “I adjure you by Jesus whom Paul proclaims.”
- 1 Thessalonians 5:27
I solemnly charge you by the Lord that this letter be read to all the brothers.