Oaths
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
(n.) Plural of Oath.
Greek
3513. ne -- by (a particle of affirmation employed in oaths)
... by (a particle of affirmation employed in oaths). Part of Speech: Particle, Disjunctive
Particle Transliteration: ne Phonetic Spelling: (nay) Short Definition ...
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3727. horkos -- an oath
... oath. Word Origin akin to erkos (fence, enclosure) Definition an oath
NASB Word Usage oath (7), oaths (2), vows (1). oath. From ...
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1845. exorkistes -- an exorcist
... Cognate: 1845 -- an exorcist; a person expelling demons, adjuring (binding) them
by using oaths ("God-formulas," religious incantations). See 1844 (). ...
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Strong's Hebrew
7621. shebuah -- an oath, curse
... Word Origin from sheba Definition an oath, curse NASB Word Usage curse (1), oath
(25), oaths (1), perjury* (1), swear (1), sworn (1). curse, oath, sworn. ...
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7650. shaba -- to swear
... Word Origin denominative verb from sheba Definition to swear NASB Word Usage adjure
(6), curse (1), exchanged oaths (1), made a covenant (1), made an oath (1 ...
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422. alah -- to swear, curse
... root Definition to swear, curse NASB Word Usage oaths (1), put the under oath (1),
swearing (1), take (2), takes an oath (2), under oath (1), uttered a curse (1 ...
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Library

Of Oaths (Ten Articles)
... OF OATHS (TEN ARTICLES). ... Accordingly we must first treat of oaths: and under this
head there are ten points of inquiry: (1) What is an oath? ...
//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/of oaths ten articles .htm

Whether Oaths are Desirable and to be Used Frequently as Something ...
... OF OATHS (TEN ARTICLES) Whether oaths are desirable and to be used frequently
as something useful and good? Objection 1: It would ...
/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether oaths are desirable and.htm

The Canon Subjects to Penalties those who Take Heathen Oaths...
... Canon XCIV. The canon subjects to penalties those who take heathen oaths? ... Whoever
uses Gentile oaths, is worthy of punishment, for he is cut off. ...
/.../schaff/the seven ecumenical councils/canon xciv the canon subjects.htm

The Dancing of Herodias. The Keeping of Oaths.
... Book X. 22. The Dancing of Herodias. The Keeping of Oaths. Wherefore John,
endued with prophetic boldness and not terrified at the ...
/.../origens commentary on the gospel of matthew/22 the dancing of herodias.htm

What I Write, is not to Show that Christendom's Oaths...
... Address 173: What I write, is not to show that Christendom's oaths? What
I write, is not to show that Christendom's oaths, and ...
/.../address 173 0 0 what i write.htm

I do not Know, Moreover, How Celsus could Hear of the Elephants' ...
... Chapter XCVIII. I do not know, moreover, how Celsus could hear of the
elephants' fidelity to oaths? I do not know, moreover, how ...
/.../christianbookshelf.org/origen/origen against celsus/chapter xcviii i do not.htm

In a Word, that which Calls For, and Requires Oaths among ...
... Address 177: In a word, that which calls for, and requires oaths among
Christians? In a word, that which calls for, and requires ...
/.../address 177 0 0 in a word.htm

Our Friends Take it Amiss that I have Spoken of the Origenists as ...
... 18. Our friends take it amiss that I have spoken of the Origenists as
confederated together by orgies of false oaths. I named the ...
/.../18 our friends take it.htm

'Swear not at All'
... 'Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not
forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths: 34. ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture a/swear not at all.htm

Again, Secondly, "Ye have Heard," Says Our Lord, "That it Hath ...
... Ye have heard," says our Lord, "that it hath been said by them of old; thou shalt
not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths." The Jews ...
/.../address 169 0 0 again secondly ye.htm

Thesaurus
Oaths (49 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Oaths (49 Occurrences). ... Matthew 5:34 But I say to you,
Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God; (BBE). ...
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Undertakings (20 Occurrences)
... Numbers 30:5 But if her father, hearing of it, makes her take back her word, then
the oaths or the undertakings she has given will have no force; and she will ...
/u/undertakings.htm - 12k

Undertaking (30 Occurrences)
... Numbers 30:4 If her father, hearing of her oath or the undertaking she has given,
says nothing to her, then all her oaths and every undertaking she has given ...
/u/undertaking.htm - 15k

Oath (286 Occurrences)
... But if the words are taken as referring to oaths, then their intention may have
been to show "that the proper state of Christians is to require no oaths; that ...
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Force (250 Occurrences)
... Numbers 30:4 If her father, hearing of her oath or the undertaking she has given,
says nothing to her, then all her oaths and every undertaking she has given ...
/f/force.htm - 40k

Reclining (25 Occurrences)
... (WEY YLT NAS). Matthew 14:9 and the king was grieved, but because of the oaths and
of those reclining with him, he commanded 'it' to be given; (YLT). ...
/r/reclining.htm - 14k

Dinner (23 Occurrences)
... Matthew 14:9 The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who
sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given, (See NAS NIV). ...
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Curses (55 Occurrences)
... NIV). Matthew 26:74 Then with curses and oaths he declared, "I do not know
the man." Immediately a cock crowed, (WEY BBE NIV). Mark ...
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Although (167 Occurrences)
... (See NAS). Matthew 14:9 The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and
of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given, (See NAS). ...
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Sad (73 Occurrences)
... (BBE). Matthew 14:9 And the king was sad; but because of his oaths and because of
his guests, he gave the order for it to be given to her; (BBE). ...
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Resources
What does the Bible say about keeping your vows / oaths? | GotQuestions.org

Why did oaths involve putting a hand under someone's thigh (Genesis 24:9)? | GotQuestions.org

What does it mean to let your yes be yes and your no be no? | GotQuestions.org

Oaths: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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Concordance
Oaths (49 Occurrences)

Matthew 5:33
Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths:
(KJV ASV BBE WBS YLT NIV)

Matthew 5:34
But I say to you, Take no oaths at all: not by the heaven, because it is the seat of God;
(BBE)

Matthew 14:9
The king was grieved, but for the sake of his oaths, and of those who sat at the table with him, he commanded it to be given,
(WEB ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Matthew 26:74
Then with curses and oaths he declared, "I do not know the man." Immediately a cock crowed,
(WEY BBE)

Mark 6:26
The king was exceedingly sorry, but for the sake of his oaths, and of his dinner guests, he didn't wish to refuse her.
(WEB WEY ASV BBE DBY YLT NAS RSV NIV)

Mark 14:71
But he broke out into curses and oaths, declaring, "I know nothing of the man you are talking about."
(WEY BBE)

1 Timothy 1:10
For those who go after loose women, for those with unnatural desires, for those who take men prisoners, who make false statements and false oaths, and those who do any other things against the right teaching,
(BBE)

Hebrews 6:16
For men at all times make their oaths by what is greater; and any argument is ended by the decision of the oath.
(BBE)

James 5:12
But most of all, my brothers, do not take oaths, not by the heaven, or by the earth, or by any other thing: but let your Yes be Yes, and your No be No: so that you may not be judged.
(BBE)

Genesis 21:31
So he gave that place the name Beer-sheba, because there the two of them had given their oaths.
(BBE)

Genesis 26:31
And early in the morning they took an oath one to the other: then Isaac sent them away and they went on their way in peace.
(See NAS)

Leviticus 23:38
In addition to the Sabbaths of the Lord, and in addition to the things you give and the oaths you make and the free offerings to the Lord.
(BBE)

Numbers 30:4
If her father, hearing of her oath or the undertaking she has given, says nothing to her, then all her oaths and every undertaking she has given will have force.
(BBE)

Numbers 30:5
But if her father, hearing of it, makes her take back her word, then the oaths or the undertakings she has given will have no force; and she will have forgiveness from the Lord, because her oath was broken by her father.
(BBE)

Numbers 30:7
If her husband, hearing of it, says nothing to her at the time, then the oaths she made and the undertakings she gave will have force.
(BBE)

Numbers 30:11
And her husband, hearing of it, said nothing to her and did not put a stop to it, then all her oaths and every undertaking she gave will have force.
(BBE)

Numbers 30:12
But if her husband, on hearing of it, made them without force or effect, then whatever she has said about her oaths or her undertaking has no force: her husband has made them without effect, and she will have the Lord's forgiveness.
(BBE)

Numbers 30:14
But if the days go on, and her husband says nothing whatever to her, then he is giving the support of his authority to her oaths and undertakings, because at the time of hearing them he said nothing to her.
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 6:13
Let the fear of the Lord your God be in your hearts, and be his servants, taking your oaths by his name.
(BBE NIV)

Deuteronomy 10:20
Let the fear of the Lord your God be before you, give him worship and be true to him at all times, taking your oaths in his name.
(BBE NIV)

Deuteronomy 12:11
Then there will be a place marked out by the Lord your God as the resting-place for his name, and there you will take all the things which I give you orders to take: your burned offerings and other offerings, and the tenth part of your goods, and the offerings to be lifted up, and the offerings of your oaths which you make to the Lord;
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 12:26
But the holy things which you have, and the offerings of your oaths, you are to take to the place which will be marked out by the Lord:
(BBE)

Deuteronomy 29:21
and Jehovah hath separated him for evil, out of all the tribes of Israel, according to all the oaths of the covenant which is written in this book of the law.
(YLT)

Joshua 23:7
Have nothing to do with these nations who still are living among you; let not their gods be named by you or used in your oaths; do not be their servants or give them worship:
(BBE)

Job 22:27
You will make your prayer to him, and be answered; and you will give effect to your oaths.
(BBE)

Psalms 10:7
Of oaths his mouth is full, And deceits, and fraud: Under his tongue 'is' perverseness and iniquity,
(YLT)

Proverbs 7:14
I have a feast of peace-offerings, for today my oaths have been effected.
(BBE)

Proverbs 20:25
It is a danger to a man to say without thought, It is holy, and, after taking his oaths, to be questioning if it is necessary to keep them.
(BBE)

Proverbs 31:2
What am I to say to you, O Lemuel, my oldest son? and what, O son of my body? and what, O son of my oaths?
(BBE)

Ecclesiastes 9:2
All things come alike to all; there is one event to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good and to the clean and to the unclean; to him that sacrificeth and to him that sacrificeth not; as is the good, so is the sinner, and he that sweareth, as he that feareth an oath.
(See NIV)

Isaiah 19:18
In that day there will be five towns in the land of Egypt using the language of Canaan, and making oaths to the Lord of armies; and one of them will be named, The Town of the Sun.
(BBE)

Isaiah 48:1
Give ear to this, O family of Jacob, you who are named by the name of Israel, and have come out of the body of Judah; who take oaths by the name of the Lord, and make use of the name of the God of Israel, but not truly and not in good faith.
(BBE NIV)

Jeremiah 5:2
And though they say, By the living Lord; truly their oaths are false.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 5:7
How is it possible for you to have my forgiveness for this? your children have given me up, taking their oaths by those who are no gods: when I had given them food in full measure, they were false to their wives, taking their pleasure in the houses of loose women.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 7:9
Will you take the goods of others, put men to death, and be untrue to your wives, and take false oaths, and have perfumes burned to the Baal, and go after other gods which are strange to you;
(BBE)

Jeremiah 11:15
About Judah. What have you to do in my house? is it your thought that oaths and holy flesh will get you out of your trouble? will you make yourself safe in this way?
(BBE)

Jeremiah 12:16
And it will be that, if they give their minds to learning the ways of my people, using my name in their oaths, By the living Lord; as they have been teaching my people to take oaths by the Baal; then their place will be made certain among my people.
(BBE)

Jeremiah 44:25
This is what the Lord of armies, the God of Israel, has said: You women have said with your mouths, and with your hands you have done what you said, We will certainly give effect to the oaths we have made, to have perfumes burned to the queen of heaven and drink offerings drained out to her: then give effect to your oaths and do them.
(BBE)

Ezekiel 21:23
It shall be to them as a false divination in their sight, who have sworn oaths to them; but he brings iniquity to memory, that they may be taken.
(WEB KJV ASV BBE DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV)

Hosea 10:4
Their words are foolish; they make agreements with false oaths, so punishment will come up like a poison-plant in a ploughed field.
(BBE NAS RSV NIV)

Amos 8:14
Those who make their oaths by the sin of Samaria and say, By the life of your God, O Dan; and, By the living way of Beer-sheba; even they will go down, never again to be lifted up.
(BBE)

Jonah 1:16
Then great was the men's fear of the Lord; and they made an offering to the Lord and took oaths to him.
(BBE)

Jonah 2:9
But I will make an offering to you with the voice of praise; I will give effect to my oaths. Salvation is the Lord's.
(BBE)

Nahum 1:15
See on the mountains the feet of him who comes with good news, giving word of peace! Keep your feasts, O Judah, give effect to your oaths: for the good-for-nothing man will never again go through you; he is completely cut off.
(BBE)

Habakkuk 3:9
Thy bow was made quite naked, according to the oaths of the tribes, even thy word. Selah. Thou didst cleave the earth with rivers.
(KJV ASV WBS)

Zephaniah 1:5
And the worshippers of the army of heaven on the house-tops, and the Lord's worshippers who take oaths by Milcom,
(BBE)

Zechariah 5:3
Then he said to me, This is the curse which goes out over the face of all the land: for long enough has every thief gone without punishment, and long enough has every taker of false oaths gone without punishment.
(BBE)

Zechariah 8:17
Let no one have any evil thought in his heart against his neighbour; and have no love for false oaths: for all these things are hated by me, says the Lord.
(BBE)

Malachi 3:5
And I will come near to you for judging; I will quickly be a witness against the wonder-workers, against those who have been untrue in married life, against those who take false oaths; against those who keep back from the servant his payment, and who are hard on the widow and the child without a father, who do not give his rights to the man from a strange country, and have no fear of me, says the Lord of armies.
(BBE)

Subtopics

Oaths

Oaths used for Binding to Performance of Any Particular Act

Oaths used for Binding to Performance of Sacred Duties

Oaths used for Confirming Covenants

Oaths used for Deciding Controversies in Courts of Law

Oaths used for Pledging Allegiance to Sovereigns

Oaths: Antiquity of

Oaths: Custom of Swearing by the Life of the King

Oaths: Expressions Used as As the Lord Liveth

Oaths: Expressions Used as As Thy Soul Liveth

Oaths: Expressions Used as Before God I Lie Not

Oaths: Expressions Used As by the Fear of Isaac

Oaths: Expressions Used As by the Lord

Oaths: Expressions Used as God do So to Thee and More Also

Oaths: Expressions Used as God do So to Thee, and More Also

Oaths: Expressions Used as God is Witness

Oaths: Expressions Used as I Call God for a Record

Oaths: Expressions Used as I Charge You by the Lord

Oaths: Expressions Used as The Lord do So to Me, and More Also

Oaths: God Used, to Show the Immutability of his Counsel

Oaths: Judicial from of Administering

Oaths: Often Accompanied by Placing the Hand Under the Thigh of The

Oaths: Often Accompanied by Raising up the Hand

Oaths: Rash: Herod

Oaths: Rash: Jephthah

Oaths: Rash: Joshua

Oaths: Rash: Saul

Oaths: Rash: The Jews Who Sought to Kill Paul

Oaths: The Jews: Condemned for False

Oaths: The Jews: Condemned for Profane

Oaths: The Jews: Fell Into Many Errors Respecting

Oaths: The Jews: Forbidden to Take False

Oaths: The Jews: Forbidden to Take in the Name of Any Created Thing

Oaths: The Jews: Forbidden to Take Rash, or Unholy

Oaths: The Jews: Forbidden to Take, in Name of Idols

Oaths: The Jews: Generally Respected the Obligation of

Oaths: The Jews: Often Guilty of Falsely Taking

Oaths: The Jews: Often Guilty of Rashly Taking

Oaths: The Jews: To Take, in Truth, Judgment

Oaths: The Jews: To Use God's Name Alone In

Oaths: The Lawful Purpose of, Explained

Oaths: To be Taken in Fear and Reverence

Related Terms

Undertakings (20 Occurrences)

Undertaking (30 Occurrences)

Oath (286 Occurrences)

Force (250 Occurrences)

Reclining (25 Occurrences)

Dinner (23 Occurrences)

Curses (55 Occurrences)

Although (167 Occurrences)

Sad (73 Occurrences)

Sake (241 Occurrences)

Drained (38 Occurrences)

Account (460 Occurrences)

Learning (40 Occurrences)

Essenes

Using (88 Occurrences)

Perfumes (69 Occurrences)

Lying (203 Occurrences)

Effect (173 Occurrences)

Law (670 Occurrences)

Marked (163 Occurrences)

You're (8 Occurrences)

Unwilling (30 Occurrences)

Unnatural (9 Occurrences)

Omen (6 Occurrences)

Oath's (2 Occurrences)

James (40 Occurrences)

Lemuel (3 Occurrences)

Granted (102 Occurrences)

Grieved (87 Occurrences)

Guests (43 Occurrences)

Wonder-workers (16 Occurrences)

Intensely (9 Occurrences)

Invoke (13 Occurrences)

Forswear (1 Occurrence)

Faithful (136 Occurrences)

False (303 Occurrences)

Though (623 Occurrences)

Thronged (5 Occurrences)

Thyself (352 Occurrences)

Remind (16 Occurrences)

Reflect (6 Occurrences)

Request (248 Occurrences)

Refuse (103 Occurrences)

Wish (141 Occurrences)

Effected (19 Occurrences)

Exceedingly (167 Occurrences)

Exceeding (101 Occurrences)

Ended (146 Occurrences)

Distressed (70 Occurrences)

Deceits (9 Occurrences)

Dispensation (8 Occurrences)

Declared (261 Occurrences)

Declaring (48 Occurrences)

Milcom (8 Occurrences)

Pay (212 Occurrences)

Plowed (9 Occurrences)

Perverseness (46 Occurrences)

Poison-plant (1 Occurrence)

Ploughed (16 Occurrences)

Prisoners (170 Occurrences)

Broke (153 Occurrences)

Blue (51 Occurrences)

Commanded (553 Occurrences)

Cock (12 Occurrences)

Adjuration (2 Occurrences)

Avert (2 Occurrences)

Argument (45 Occurrences)

Sorry (27 Occurrences)

Sat (222 Occurrences)

Statements (22 Occurrences)

Swear (99 Occurrences)

Sorrowful (29 Occurrences)

Seat (256 Occurrences)

Meat (387 Occurrences)

Supplied (22 Occurrences)

Good-for-nothing (22 Occurrences)

Talking (208 Occurrences)

Dedicate (17 Occurrences)

Messenger (235 Occurrences)

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