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Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words

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1: ἐπιορκέω

(Strong's #1964 — Verb — epirkeo — ep-ee-or-keh'-o )

signifies "to swear falsely, to undo one's swearing, forswear oneself" (epi, "against," orkos, "an oath"), Matthew 5:33 . Cp. epiorkos, "a perjured person, a perjurer," 1 Timothy 1:10 , "false swearers."

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Vines, W. E., M. A. Entry for 'Forswear'. Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ved/​f/forswear.html. 1940.
 
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