homologeō · confess, acknowledge

What it means

homologeō (ὁμολογέω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “confess, acknowledge”.

Openly; declare.

How to say it

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

1. To state openly what one believes, as that Christ is Lord.
2. To commit oneself by word to give or do something.

From Abbott-Smith (1922) · Thayer (1889)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• confess ×6
• confesses ×4
• will acknowledge ×3
• acknowledges ×2
• confessed ×2
• he confessed ×2
• I will declare ×1
• They profess ×1
• acknowledge ×1
• confessing it ×1
• others ×3

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Matthew×4
• Luke×2
• John×4
• Acts×3
• Romans×2
• 1 Timothy×1
• Titus×1
• Hebrews×2
• 1 John×5
• 2 John×1
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 7:23

  And then I will declare to them, ‘I never knew you; depart from me, you who practice lawlessness.’

• Matthew 10:32

  So everyone who acknowledges me before people, I too will acknowledge him before my Father who is in heaven;

• Matthew 14:7

  so he promised with an oath to give her whatever she asked.

• Luke 12:8

  And I tell you, everyone who acknowledges me before people, the Son of Man also will acknowledge him before the angels of God;

• John 1:20

  And he confessed and did not deny, and he confessed, “I am not the Messiah.”

• John 9:22

  His parents said these things because they were afraid of the Jews; for the Jews had already agreed that if anyone confessed him to be Messiah, he would be put out of the synagogue.

• John 12:42

  Nevertheless, even among the rulers many believed in him, but because of the Pharisees they were not confessing it, so that they would not be put out of the synagogue;

• Acts 7:17

  But as the time of the promise that God had promised to Abraham drew near, the people grew and multiplied in Egypt,

• Acts 23:8

  For Sadducees say that there is no resurrection, nor angel, nor spirit, but Pharisees acknowledge both.

• Acts 24:14

  But this I confess to you, that according to the Way, which they call a party, in this way I serve the God of our fathers, believing everything that is according to the law and that is written in the Prophets,

• Romans 10:9

  that if you confess with your mouth Jesus as Lord and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved.

• Romans 10:10

  For with the heart one believes for righteousness, and with the mouth one confesses for salvation.

• 1 Timothy 6:12

  Fight the good fight of the faith; take hold of eternal life, to which you were called and for which you made the good confession before many witnesses.

• Titus 1:16

  They profess to know God, but by their works they deny him, being detestable and disobedient and unfit for any good work.

• Hebrews 11:13

  In faith all these died, not having received the promises, but having seen them from a distance and greeted them, and having confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth.

• Hebrews 13:15

  Through him, then, let us continually offer up a sacrifice of praise to God, that is, the fruit of lips that confess his name.

• 1 John 1:9

  If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous, so as to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.

• 1 John 2:23

  Everyone who denies the Son does not have the Father either; whoever confesses the Son has the Father also.

• 1 John 4:2

  By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit that confesses Jesus the Messiah as having come in the flesh is from God,

• 1 John 4:3

  and every spirit that does not confess Jesus is not from God; and this is the spirit of the antichrist, of which you have heard that it is coming, and now it is in the world already.

• 1 John 4:15

  Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.

• 2 John 1:7

  For many deceivers have gone out into the world, those who do not confess Jesus the Messiah coming in the flesh; this is the deceiver and the antichrist.

• Revelation 3:5

  The one who conquers will thus be clothed in white clothes, and I will never erase his name from the book of life, and I will acknowledge his name before my Father and before his angels.

And 3 more times.