Lexical Summary epiorkeō: to swear falsely Original Word: ἐπιορκέωTransliteration: epiorkeō Phonetic Spelling: (ep-ee-or-keh'-o) Part of Speech: Verb Short Definition: to swear falsely Meaning: to swear falsely Strong's Concordance perjure, swear falselyFrom epiorkos; to commit perjury -- forswear self. see GREEK epiorkos Thayer's Greek Lexicon STRONGS NT 1964: ἐπιορκέωἐπιορκέω, ἐπιόρκω: future ἐπιορκήσω, cf. Krüger, § 40, under the word, and § 39, 12, 4; (Veitch, under the word; Buttmann, 53 (46)); (ἐπίορκος, which see); to swear falsely, forswear oneself: Matthew 5:33. (Wis. 14:28; 1 Esdr. 1:46; by Greek writings from Homer down.) |