to swear

Greek Verb

ὀμνύω (so Hdt. and some Att. writers) and ὄμνυμι (so generally in Att. prose and always in Trag; Mrk.14:71, -ύναι), [in LXX chiefly for שָׁבַע ni;] to swear, affirm by oath: Mat.26:74, Mrk.14:71, Heb.7:21; before εἰ (q.v), Heb.3:11 4:3; with dative of person(s), Mrk.6:23; id. with inf, Heb.3:18; before ὅρκῳ, Act.2:30; ὀ. ὅρκον, πρός, with accusative of person(s) (cl.), Luk.1:73; with accusative (of that by which one swears; cl, see MM, xviii), Jas.5:12; before κατά, with genitive (LXX; Bl, § 34, 1), Heb.6:13, 16; before ἐν (εἰς), as in Heb. (El, § 39, 4), Mat.5:34, 36 23:16, 18 23:20-22 Rev.10:6 (Bl, § 70, 3). (AS)

to swear

Greek Verb

ὄμνῡμι, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; imperative ὄμνῠθι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. singular ὀμνύτω [Refs]; 3rd.pers. plural ὀμνύντων. Foed. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]: imperfect ὤμνυν [Refs 5th c.BC+]: also (from present ὀμνύω) 3rd.pers. singular imperative ὀμνῠέτω [Refs 8th c.BC+]; participle ὀμνύουσα [Refs 4th c.BC+]: imperfect ὤμνῠον [Refs 8th c.BC+] (for present indicative the Trag. and [Refs 5th c.BC+] which also occurs in Comedy texts, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: future ὀμοῦμαι, εῖ, εῖται, [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Doric dialect 1st pers. plural ὀμιώμεθα [Refs 5th c.BC+]; later future ὀμόσω [Refs 1st c.AD+]: aorist ὤμοσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]; Epic dialect ὤμοσσα [Refs 8th c.BC+]: perfect ὀμώμοκα [Refs 5th c.BC+]: pluperfect ὠμωμόκειν [Refs 5th c.BC+]:—middle, [Refs 2nd c.AD+], aorist participle ὀμοσάμενος [Refs 3rd c.BC+]:—passive, future ὀμοσθήσομαι [Refs 5th c.BC+]: aorist ὠμόσθην [Refs 5th c.BC+]: perfect 3rd.pers. singular ὀμώμοται [Refs 5th c.BC+]; 3rd.pers. plural ὀμώμονται Legal cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+]; participle ὀμωμοσμένος [Refs 4th c.BC+]:—swear, with accusative cognate, ὀμνυέτω δέ τοι ὅρκον [Refs 8th c.BC+]:—passive, ὀμώμοται γὰρ ὅοκος ἐκ θεῶν [Refs 4th c.BC+] II) swear to a thing, affirm or confirm by oath, II.1) followed by accusative, ταῦτα δ᾽ ἐγὼν ἐθέλω ὀμόσαι [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὄ. τὰς σπονδάς Foed. cited in [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.2) followed by future infinitive, swear that one will, [Refs 8th c.BC+] (present infinitive, [Refs 4th c.BC+] preceding the infinitive, καί μοι ὄμοσσον ἦ μέν μοι. ἀρήξειν [Refs 8th c.BC+]aorist infinitive and ἄν, [Refs]: by present infinitive, swear that one does, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: by perfect infinitive, swear that one has, [Refs 5th c.BC+]: by aorist infinitive, swear that one did, ὀμνύουσι μὴ 'κπιεῖν ἀλλ᾽ ἢ μίαν [Refs 5th c.BC+](aorist infinitive is perhaps used, without ἄν, in future sense, [Refs 4th c.BC+]: sometimes a clause follows in the indicative, ὀμνύω, ἦ μὴν ἐγὼ ἐθυόμην [Refs 5th c.BC+] II.3) absolutely, εἶπον ὀμόσας ἄν I would have given my word of honour, [Refs 5th c.BC+] III) with accusative of the person or thing sworn by, swear by, νῦν μοι ὄμοσσον ἀάατον Στυγὸς ὕδωρ [Refs 8th c.BC+]; ὄμνυμι θεοὺς καὶ θεάς followed by infinitive, [Refs 5th c.BC+]; ἢ σιδαρέοισ; [NT+5th c.BC+]passive, ὀμώμοσται Ζεύς Zeus has been sworn by, adjured, [Refs 5th c.BC+]

Greek

Verb

to swear, i.e. take (or declare on) oath; swear; a prolonged form of a primary, but obsolete , for which another prolonged form is used in certain tenses