noun · feminine
homologias
Strong’sG3671
a profession, confession
stem homologi-6 times in the New Testamentin 3 of 27 books2 of 10 forms occur
What it means
What the word means, in the words of the lexicons out of copyright — Abbott-Smith, Strong's, and Liddell-Scott-Jones, wherever each has an entry for it.
ὁμολογία, -ας, ἡ
(< ὁμολογέω), [in LXX: De 12:6, 17, Am 4:5, Ez 46:12 (נְדָבָה), Le 22:18, Je 51 (44):25 (נֶדֶר), I Es 9:8*;]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3671 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhom-ol-og-ee'-ah
acknowledgment
Fromfrom the same as G3670;
King Jamescon- (pro-)fession, professed.
James Strong, Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, 1890 — public domain. The numbers in it link to the entries here.
Liddell-Scott-Jones — the classical dictionary this word appears in
Ionic dialect -ιη, ἡ, agreement, Refs 5th c.BC+; αἱ τῶν ὀνομάτων ὁ. verbal consistency, Refs
2 assent, admission, concession, τῶν ἐπικαλουμένων Refs 5th c.BC+; κατὰ τὴν ἐμὴν ὁ. by my admission, Refs; ἐξ ὁ. διαλέγεσθαι argue from premises agreed upon or granted, Refs 4th c.BC+
3 agreement, compact, συνθήκη καὶ ὁ. Refs 5th c.BC+
3.b especially in war, terms of peace, truce, or surrender, Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁμολογίῃ ἐχρήσαντο, of the conquered, Refs 5th c.BC+; ἐς ὁμολογίην προκαλέεσθαι, of the conquerors, Refs 5th c.BC+
3.c in Law, contract, agreement, συγγραφὴ καὶ ὁ. Refs 3rd c.BC+; ὁ. τινὸς πρός τινα Refs 1st c.AD+
4 vow, LXX
5 in Stoic Philos., conformity with nature, summum.. bonum, cum positum sit in eo quod ὁμολογίαν Stoici, nos appellemus convenientiam, Refs 1st c.BC+
H. G. Liddell, R. Scott, H. S. Jones, A Greek-English Lexicon (9th ed., 1925–1940) — digitised by the Perseus Digital Library and corrected and expanded by Tyndale House, Cambridge, via STEPBible-Data's TFLSJ table, CC BY 4.0. Covers all of Greek literature, not just the Bible.
Translated as
Every occurrence, sorted by the English it was actually given — the evidence for what the word means, not a gloss of it.
Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain — berean.bible.
Biblang forms
Every form this word takes in Biblang, with the Greek it corresponds to and how often the New Testament uses it.
| Job in the sentence case | one singular | more than one plural |
|---|---|---|
| subject nominative | homologias | homologiais |
| object accusative | homologian3×ὁμολογίαν | homologiain |
| direct address vocative | homologiar | homologiair |
| of, belonging to genitive | homologiau3×ὁμολογίας | homologiaiu |
| to, for dative | homologia | homologiai |
Tinted cells are forms the New Testament never uses, so there is no Greek to show against them — but they are still correct Biblang, built from the slots below like any other.
Why these forms, and no others — the slots that make them
homologia is this word in every one of its forms. The slots after it make all the rest.
same in every form varies — every value shown
Where it appears
Every verse the word appears in, filed under the form it takes there.
6 occurrences, every one of them listed
homologian“confession”objectaccusative singular3×
1 Timothy 6:12… han kalisa kai homologasa tan kalan homologian enōpion polloiu marturoiu.… called when you made the good confession before many witnesses.
1 Timothy 6:13… marturarantou epi Pontiou Pilatou tan kalan homologian,… Christ Jesus, who made the good confession in His testimony before Pontius Pilate:
Hebrews 10:23“confession”katechaneiō tan homologian tau elpidau aklinan, pistos gar tos …… resolutely to the hope we profess, for He who promised is faithful.
homologiau“confession”of, belonging togenitive singular3×
2 Corinthians 9:13… ton theon epi ta hupotaga tau homologiau vu eis tem euangeliem tou Christou …… will glorify God for your obedient confession of the gospel of Christ, and …
Hebrews 3:1“confession”… katanoavar ton apostolon kai archierevon tau homologiau nu Iēsun,… focus on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we …
Hebrews 4:14“confession”… ton huion tou theou, krataneiō tau homologiau;… heavens, Jesus the Son of God, let us …