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ὁμολογέω
homologéō · Greek · Strong's G3670 · 26 occurrences
The KJV renders 8 different Hebrew and Greek words as “promise”
What it means
to assent, i.e. covenant, acknowledge
from a compound of the base of G3674 (ὁμοῦ) and G3056 (λόγος);
How the KJV renders it
conprofess, confession is made, give thanks, promise
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“promise”
also renders exomologéō (G1843), epangelía (G1860), epángelma (G1862), epangéllō (G1861), ʼômer (H562), dâbar (H1696), dâbâr (H1697)
“give thanks”
also renders anthomologéomai (G437)
Answers that weigh this word
- Is baptism required for salvation?
- Are the Apocrypha (Deuterocanonical) books inspired scripture?
- Is Jesus the only way to salvation?
- Is repentance required for salvation, or is belief alone enough?
- Must you confess Jesus as Lord out loud to be saved?
- Can you be saved without belonging to a church?
Where it appears
26 occurrences in the Greek text, first 23 verses shown.
1 John 1:9 · V-PAS-1P
If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.
1 John 2:23 · V-PAP-NSM
Whoever denies the Son doesn’t have the Father. He who confesses the Son has the Father also.
1 John 4:2 · V-PAI-3S
By this you know the Spirit of God: every spirit who confesses that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is of God,
1 John 4:3 · V-PAI-3S
and every spirit who doesn’t confess that Jesus Christ has come in the flesh is not of God; and this is the spirit of the Antichrist, of whom you have heard that it comes. Now it is in the world already.
1 John 4:15 · V-AAS-3S
Whoever confesses that Jesus is the Son of God, God remains in him, and he in God.
1 Timothy 6:12 · V-AAI-2S
Fight the good fight of faith. Take hold of the eternal life to which you were called, and you confessed the good confession in the sight of many witnesses.
2 John 1:7 V-PAP-NPMActs 7:17 V-AAI-3SActs 23:8 V-PAI-3PActs 24:14 V-PAI-1SHebrews 11:13 V-AAP-NPMHebrews 13:15 V-PAP-GPMJohn 1:20 V-AAI-3SJohn 9:22 V-AAS-3SJohn 12:42 V-IAI-3PLuke 12:8 V-AAS-3SMatthew 7:23 V-FAI-1SMatthew 10:32 V-FAI-1SMatthew 14:7 V-AAI-3SRevelation 3:5 V-FAI-1SRomans 10:9 V-AAS-2SRomans 10:10 V-PPI-3STitus 1:16 V-PAI-3P
Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Greek text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.