omnyō · swear

What it means

omnyō (ὀμνύω) is a Greek word of the Bible that means “swear”.

Take an oath.

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 promise something with God as witness.

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

How it is translated

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

• swears ×10
• swear ×8
• he swore ×3
• I swore ×2
• had sworn ×1
• has sworn ×1
• swore ×1

Related words

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

Where it appears

• Matthew×13
• Mark×2
• Luke×1
• Acts×1
• Hebrews×7
• James×1
• Revelation×1

• Matthew 5:34

  But I tell you not to swear at all: neither by heaven, for it is the throne of God,

• Matthew 5:36

  Nor swear by your head, for you cannot make one hair white or black.

• Matthew 23:16

  Woe to you, blind guides, who say, ‘Whoever swears by the sanctuary, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gold of the sanctuary is bound.’

• Matthew 23:18

  And, ‘Whoever swears by the altar, it is nothing; but whoever swears by the gift that is on it is bound.’

• Matthew 23:20

  So the one who swears by the altar swears by it and by everything on it;

• Matthew 23:21

  and the one who swears by the sanctuary swears by it and by the one who dwells in it;

• Matthew 23:22

  and the one who swears by heaven swears by the throne of God and by the one who sits on it.

• Matthew 26:74

  Then he began to call down curses and to swear: “I do not know the man.” And at once a rooster crowed.

• Mark 6:23

  And he swore to her, “Whatever you ask me, I will give you, up to half of my kingdom.”

• Mark 14:71

  But he began to call down curses and to swear, “I do not know this man you are talking about.”

• Luke 1:73

  the oath that he swore to Abraham our father, to grant us

• Acts 2:30

  So, being a prophet and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath to seat one from the fruit of his loins on his throne,

• Hebrews 3:11

  So I swore in my wrath: They will not enter into my rest.

• Hebrews 3:18

  And to whom did he swear that they would not enter into his rest, if not to those who disobeyed?

• Hebrews 4:3

  For we who have believed enter into rest, just as he has said: So I swore in my wrath: They will not enter into my rest; although the works had been finished from the foundation of the world.

• Hebrews 6:13

  For when God made a promise to Abraham, since he had no one greater by whom to swear, he swore by himself,

• Hebrews 6:16

  For human beings swear by someone greater, and for them the oath is an end of every dispute, for confirmation.

• Hebrews 7:21

  but this one with an oath, through the one who said to him: The Lord has sworn and will not relent: You are a priest forever—

• James 5:12

  But above all, my brothers, do not swear, neither by heaven nor by earth nor with any other oath; but let your yes be yes, and your no, no, so that you may not fall under judgment.

• Revelation 10:6

  and swore by the one who lives to the ages of the ages, who created heaven and what is in it, and the earth and what is in it, and the sea and what is in it, that there will be no more time,

And 6 more times.