Horkomosia means “oath” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Same number, other testament: Strong's H3728 — kaphash (“cover”) in the Hebrew Bible.
Strong's G3728 ὁρκωμοσία (horkomosia) is a Greek Strong's word-study entry. horkomosia (hor-ko-mos-ee'-ah) n. 1. asseveration on oath [from a compound of G3727 and a derivative of G3660] It has 6 linked Bible usages across 3 books. Visible English usage signals include oath. Indexed coverage on this page includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
horkomosia (hor-ko-mos-ee'-ah) n. 1. asseveration on oath [from a compound of G3727 and a derivative of G3660] KJV: oath Root(s): G3727, G3660
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's G3728. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
oath
Usage: ὁρκωμοσία, -ας, ἡ (ὅρκος, ὄμνυμι; by metapl. for τὰ ὁρκωμόσια, asseverations on oath; see MM, xviii), [in LXX: Eze.17:18-19 (עָלָה) 1Es 9:93* ;] affirmation on oath, an oath: Heb.7:20-21, 28.† (AS)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render horkomosia, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Strong's G3728 (ὁρκωμοσία) appears 3 times in the Greek Septuagint — the Old Testament the New Testament authors quoted.
Sample Septuagint occurrences:
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3 indexed usages in New Testament.
And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
2 indexed usages in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament.
Whereas he has profaned the oath so as to break the covenant, when, behold, I engaged his hand, and he has done all these things to him, he shall not escape.
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord; As I live, surely mine oath which he has profaned, and my covenant which he has transgressed, I will even recompense it upon his head.
1 indexed usage in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
Behold, now are we before thee in our iniquities, for we cannot stand any longer by reason of these things before thee.
First 6 linked usage excerpts for Strong's G3728.
Whereas he has profaned the oath so as to break the covenant, when, behold, I engaged his hand, and he has done all these things to him, he shall not escape.
Therefore say, Thus saith the Lord; As I live, surely mine oath which he has profaned, and my covenant which he has transgressed, I will even recompense it upon his head.
And inasmuch as not without an oath he was made priest:
(For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)
For the law maketh men high priests which have infirmity; but the word of the oath, which was since the law, maketh the Son, who is consecrated for evermore.
Behold, now are we before thee in our iniquities, for we cannot stand any longer by reason of these things before thee.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's G3728, grouped by book.
Horkomosia (Strong's G3728) is a Greek word most simply glossed "oath". horkomosia (hor-ko-mos-ee'-ah) n. 1. asseveration on oath [from a compound of G3727 and a derivative of G3660]
This page currently indexes 6 linked usages for Strong's G3728 across 3 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's G3728 in context. The indexed coverage includes New Testament, Septuagint / Greek Old Testament, and Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as oath. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.
Yes. The current local index includes 2 in Septuagint / Greek Old Testament and 1 in Deuterocanonical / Apocrypha for Strong's G3728, with linked reader references where each row is available.