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1. oath, sworn pledge — A solemn sworn declaration or binding promise, often invoking God as witness; used of both human oaths (e.g., Herod's rash oath, Matt 14:7,9) and divine oaths (God's covenant oath to Abraham, Luke 1:73). The singular and plural forms represent the same core meaning of a binding sworn commitment. Multilingual evidence: spa 'juramento/juramentos' (oath/oaths), hin 'शपथ/शपथोन' (shapath, solemn vow), arb 'قَسَمٍ/الأَقْسَامِ' (qasam/aqsām, oath/oaths from same root ق-س-م), kor '맹세/맹세들' (maengse, oath), swa 'kiapo/viapo' (oath sg/pl, same stem). 10×
AR["أَيْمَانَكَ","الأَقْسامِ","الأَقْسَامِ","القَسَمُ","الْقَسَمَ","بِقَسَمٍ","قَسَمٍ"]·ben["শপথ","শপথগুলি","শপথে","শপথের","হোক"]·DE["Eid","ὅρκον","ὅρκου","ὅρκους","ὅρκῳ"]·EN["an-oath","by-an-oath","by-oath","oath","oaths"]·FR["serment"]·heb["בִּשְׁבוּעָה","שְׁבֻעוֹת","שְׁבוּעָה","שְׁבוּעוֹת"]·HI["शपथ","शपथ,","शपथ-खाई","शपथों-को","शपथोन","शपथ।","साथ-में-बैठे-हुओं"]·ID["dengan-sumpah","sumpah","sumpah;"]·IT["giuramento","orkon","orkos","orkō"]·jav["kanthi-sumpah","mawi-sumpah","sumpah","sumpah,","sumpah-sumpahipun","sumpah;"]·KO["맹세","맹세-를","맹세가","맹세들","맹세들과","맹세로","맹세로;","맹세의","에-관해"]·PT["com-juramento","juramento","juramentos"]·RU["клятв","клятва","клятвой","клятвой;","клятвою","клятву","клятвы"]·ES["con-juramento","juramento","juramentos"]·SW["kiapo","kwa-kiapo","viapo"]·TR["yemin","yemini","yeminle","yeminle-söz-verdi","yeminler","yeminlerin","yeminlerini"]·urd["قسم","قسم-سے","قسم-کے","قسم-ہے","قسم؛","قسموں-کے","قسمیں"]
BDB / Lexicon Reference
ὅρκος, ὁ, the object by which one swears, as the Styx among the gods, Στυγὸς ὕδωρ, ὅς τε μέγιστος ὅ. δεινότατός τε πέλει μακάρεσσι θεοῖσι Refs 8th c.BC+; or as Zeus among mortals, Refs 5th c.BC+; so of things, ὅρκον δ᾽ ἐνοσφίσθης μέγαν, ἅλας τε καὶ τράπεζαν Refs 7th c.BC+ __2 oath, mostly with epithet μέγας, καρτερός, Refs 8th c.BC+, etc.; θεῶν ὅ. an oath by the gods, Refs 8th c.BC+; ὅ. πλατύς a…