verb
horkizamō
Strong’sG3726
I adjure by, charge solemnly by
stem horkiz-2 times in the New Testamentin 2 of 27 books1 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.
ὁρκίζω
(< ὅρκος), [in LXX: Ge 24:37, al. (שׁבע hi.);]
G. Abbott-Smith, A Manual Greek Lexicon of the New Testament, 1922 — public domain. References open in the reader.
Strong’s G3726 — the 1890 definition, and where the word comes from
Saidhor-kid'-zo
to put on oath, i.e. make swear; by analogy, to solemnly enjoin
Fromfrom G3727;
King Jamesadjure, charge.
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
Doric dialect future ὁρκιξέω Refs 4th c.BC+, make one swear, administer an oath to a person, τιν; rejected by Refs 5th c.BC+; ὁ. ἐφ᾽ ᾧ ἔσται Refs 2nd c.BC+: with double accusative, ὁ. τινὰς ὅρκον Refs 2nd c.BC+; ὁ. τινά, with infinitive, LXX; adjure, δαίμονας, with infinitive, LXX+NT+5th c.AD+:—passive, to be sworn, ὡρκισμένοι νόμῳ ἰητρικῷ Refs 5th 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
What the New Testament actually uses, first — the whole system this verb is built from is one click further down.
| Form and the Greek behind it | What it is | Usually | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| horkizamōὁρκίζω | happening now · Ipresent active indicative 1st person singular | adjure | 2× |
Every form the New Testament uses, in paradigm order. What the system can build beyond them — the whole of this verb, whether the text happens to use it or not — is in the tables below.
Every form the system can build — all 86, by mood, including the ones the New Testament never uses
Statements — indicative mood, 2 occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | was happening imperfect | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect | had happened pluperfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | horkizamō2×ὁρκίζω | horkizame | horkizami | horkizama | horkizamē | horkizamelē |
| you 2nd person singular | horkizasō | horkizase | horkizasi | horkizasa | horkizasē | horkizaselē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | horkizatō | horkizate | horkizati | horkizata | horkizatē | horkizatelē |
| we 1st person plural | horkizanō | horkizane | horkizani | horkizana | horkizanē | horkizanelē |
| ye 2nd person plural | horkizavō | horkizave | horkizavi | horkizava | horkizavē | horkizavelē |
| they 3rd person plural | horkizalō | horkizale | horkizali | horkizala | horkizalē | horkizalelē |
May, might — subjunctive mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | horkizameiō | horkizameia | horkizameiē |
| you 2nd person singular | horkizaseiō | horkizaseia | horkizaseiē |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | horkizateiō | horkizateia | horkizateiē |
| we 1st person plural | horkizaneiō | horkizaneia | horkizaneiē |
| ye 2nd person plural | horkizaveiō | horkizaveia | horkizaveiē |
| they 3rd person plural | horkizaleiō | horkizaleia | horkizaleiē |
Commands — imperative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|
| you 2nd person singular | horkizasōr | horkizasar | horkizasēr |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | horkizatōr | horkizatar | horkizatēr |
| ye 2nd person plural | horkizavōr | horkizavar | horkizavēr |
| they 3rd person plural | horkizalōr | horkizalar | horkizalēr |
Wishes — optative mood, no occurrences
| Who person | happening now present | happened aorist |
|---|---|---|
| I 1st person singular | horkizamoiō | horkizamoia |
| you 2nd person singular | horkizasoiō | horkizasoia |
| he/she/it 3rd person singular | horkizatoiō | horkizatoia |
| we 1st person plural | horkizanoiō | horkizanoia |
| ye 2nd person plural | horkizavoiō | horkizavoia |
| they 3rd person plural | horkizaloiō | horkizaloia |
The “to …” form — infinitive, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | horkizarō | horkizari | horkizara | horkizarē |
Used as an adjective — participle, no occurrences
| Who is acting voice | happening now present | will happen future | happened aorist | has happened perfect |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| the subject acts active voice | horkizarōntos | horkizarintos | horkizarantos | horkizarēntos |
Each is given in the form it takes as a subject. From there a participle carries the ordinary noun endings, in every case, number and gender — so these four columns are the whole of what the verb contributes.
How every form is built — the slots that make them
horkiz 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.
2 occurrences, every one of them listed
horkizamō“adjure”happening now · Ipresent active indicative 1st person singular2×
Mark 5:7“implore”… Iēsur huior tou theou tou hupsistou? horkizamō sin ton theon, mē min basanizaseia.… with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg You before God not to torture me!”
Acts 19:13“adjure”… tem onomem tou kuriou Iēsu legarōntois; Horkizamō vin ton Iēsun hon Paulos kērussatō.… invoke the name of the Lord Jesus over those with evil spirits. They would say, “I command you by Jesus, whom Paul proclaims.”