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Bible Dictionaries
Swear
King James Dictionary
or SWEAR, pret. swore. Eng. veer L. assevero.
1. To affirm or utter a solemn declaration, with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed.
Ye shall not swear by my name falsely. Leviticus 19
But I say unto you, swear not at all. Matthew 5
2. To promise upon oath.
Jacob said, swear to me this day and he swore to him. Genesis 25
3. To give evidence an oath as, to swear to the truth of a statement. He swore that the prisoner was not present at the riot.
4. To be profane to practice profaneness.
Certain classes of men are accustomed to swear. For men to swear is sinful, disreputable and odious but for females or ladies to swear, appears more abominable and scandalous.
SWEAR, To utter or affirm with a solemn appeal to God for the truth of the declaration as, to swear on oath. This seems to have been the primitive use of swear that is, to affirm.
1. To put to an oath to cause to take an oath as, to swear witnesses in court to swear a jury the witness has been sworn the judges are sworn into office.
2. To declare or charge upon oath as, to swear treason against a man.
3. To obtest by an oath.
Now by Apollo, king, thou swear'st thy gods in vain.
To swear the peace against one, to make oath that one is under the actual fear of death or bodily harm from the person in which case the person must find sureties of the peace.
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Material presented was supplied by Brandon Staggs and was derived from the KJV Dictionary found on his website located at av1611.com.
The unabridged 1828 version of this dictionary in the SwordSearcher Bible Software.
Entry for 'Swear'. King James Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/kjd/s/swear.html.
