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Strong's #3670 - ὁμολογέω
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- to say the same thing as another, i.e. to agree with, assent
- to concede
- not to refuse, to promise
- not to deny
- to confess
- declare
- to confess, i.e. to admit or declare one's self guilty of what one is accused of
- to profess
- to declare openly, speak out freely
- to profess one's self the worshipper of one
- to praise, celebrate
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ὁμολογ-έω,
S. Ph. 980 (but very rare in Poets), Hdt. and Att. (v. infr.): fut. -ήσω Hdt. 8.144, etc.: aor. ὡμολόγησα Id. 9.88, etc.: perf. ὡμολόγηκα And. 1.29, etc.: — Med., pres. and aor., Pl. (v. infr.): — Pass., fut. -ήσομαι Hp. de Arte 4 (v.l.), Pl. Tht. 171b: aor. ὡμολογήθην Th. 8.29, etc.: pf. ὡμολόγημαι Pl. (v. infr.), etc.: —
I to be ὁμόλογος: hence, I agree with, say the same thing as, c. dat., λέγουσι Κορίνθιοι, ὁμολογέουσι δέ σφι Λέσβιοι Hdt. 1.23, cf. 171, 2.4; Κυρηναῖοι τὰ περὶ B άττον οὐδαμῶς -έουσι Θηραίοισι Id. 4.154.
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1. correspond, agree with, whether of persons or things, c. dat., [τὸ ἓν] ἑωυτῷ ὁ. Heraclit. 51; ὁμολογέουσι ταῦτα τοῖσι Ὀρφικοῖσι Hdt. 2.81; αὗται αἱ πόλιες τῇσι πρότερον λεχθείσῃσι ὁμολογέουσι κατὰ γλῶσσαν οὐδέν Id. 1.142, cf. 2.18; have to do with, ὁμολογέοντας κατ' οἰκηϊότητα Περσίϊ οὐδέν Id. 6.54; τοῖς λόγοις τοὺς μάρτυρας -οῦντας Antipho 6.31; οὐκ ἔφη τοὺς λόγους τοῖς ἔργοις ὁμολογεῖν Th. 5.55; ὥστε μηδὲν ὁμολογεῖν τὼ τρόπω τὼ ἀλλήλων are utterly unlike, Lys. 20.12. to be coordinated, πρὸς ἓν ἔργον Gal. UP 1.8: metaph., of a vowel, agree, i. e. form a diphthong, Plu. 2.737f. to be suitable for, c. gen., ὁμολογεῖ ὤμου ἡ περὶ τὴν ἑτέρην μασχάλην περιβολή Hp. Off. 9.
2. agree to a thing, grant, concede, ὁμολογῶ τάδε S.l.c.: abs., Hdt. 8.94; τινί τι Pl. Smp. 195b; αὐτοῖς ὡμολογηκὼς ταύτην τὴν ὁμολογίαν Id. Cri. 52a; ὁμολογοῖεν ἂν ἡμῖν οἱ ἄνθρωποι, ἢ οὔ; Id. Prt. 357a; ὅπως.. τῇ τύχῃ σου χάριτας ὁμολογεῖν δυνηθῶ that I may avow my gratitude.., PRyl. 114.32 (iii A. D.); ὁ. χάριν θεοῖς acknowledge gratitude, Luc. Laps. 15 (ὁ. ἔν τινι Matthew 10:32 appears to be an Aramaism; ὁ. ἐφ' ἁμαρτίαις LXX Si. 4.26): without acc. rei, ὁμολογῶ σοι I grant you, i.e. 1 admit it, Ar. Pl. 94; parenthetically, ἀφειλόμην, ὁμολογῶ I allow it, X. An. 6.6.17: c. inf., ὁ. Νικίαν ἑορακέναι allows, confesses that he has seen.., Eup. 181.3; ὁ. σε ἀδικεῖν I confess that I am wronging thee, E. Fr. 265; ὁ. κλέπτειν Ar. Eq. 296, cf. Antipho 2.4.8; ὁ. καπηλεύειν Isoc. 2.1; ὁ. οὐκ εἰδέναι confess ignorance, Arist. SE 183b8; ὁ. πατάξαι Ar. V. 1422; ὁμολογοῦσι νοσεῖν μᾶλλον ἢ σωφρονεῖν Pl. Phdr. 231d; ὁ. ἓν πάντα εἶναι Heraclit. 50; ὁ. Μειδίαν ἁπάντων λαμπρότατον γεγενῆσθαι D. 21.153, cf. 197; esp. in receipts, ὁ. ἀπέχειν, ἐσχηκέναι, etc., PHib. 1.97.5 (iii B. C.), CPR 229.3 (iii A. D.), etc.; in contracts, ὁ. διαλελύσθαι πρὸς ἀλλήλους PHib. 1.96.5 (iii B. C.), cf. BGU 1160.3 (i B. C.), etc.; τοῦθ' ὁ. ὡς.. Pl. Chrm. 163a, cf. Lg. 896c: also c. Partic., ὁ. τινὰ δίκαια ὄντα Id. Cri. 49e, 50a; v. infr. c.
3. agree or promise to do, c. fut. inf., Antipho 6.23, And. 1.62, Pl. Smp. 174a, Phdr. 254b, etc.: c. aor. inf., D. 42.12: c. pres. inf., ὡμολόγησαν ἑκατὸν τάλαντα ἐκτείσαντες ἀζήμιοι εἶναι Hdt. 6.92: also freq. abs., promise, μισθῷ ὁμολογήσαντες (sc. ἀπαλλάξεσθαι) Id. 2.86; ὁ ὁμολογῶν the person who gives an undertaking, BGU 297.22 (i A. D.), etc.; make an agreement, come to terms, τινι with another, Hdt. 6.33, 7.172, al.; ἐπὶ τούτοισι on these terms, Id. 1.60, cf. 8.140. β', Th. 4.69. c. acc., promise, τῆς ἐπαγγελίας ἧς (for ἣν) ὡμολόγησεν ὁ θεὸς τῷ Ἀβραάμ Acts 7:17; θεῷ ὑψίστῳ εὐχὴν Αὐρήλιος Ἀσκλάπων, ἣν ὡμολόγησεν ἐν Ῥώμῃ IGRom. 4.542 (Phrygia). Med., in sense of Act., ὑπεναντίος ὁ τρόπος.. ὁμολογεόμενος Hp. Vict. 1.11; αὐτοὶ ἑαυτοῖς ὁμολογούμενοι λόγοι Pl. Ti. 29c; νόμοι σφίσιν αὐτοῖς ὁ. Isoc. 2.17, cf. 6.14; τὸ ταὐτὸν καὶ ὁ. Pl. Lg. 741a; ὡμολογεῖτ' ἂν ἡ κατηγορία τοῖς ἔργοις αὐτοῦ D. 18.14; -ούμενος καὶ σύμφωνος κατὰ τὸν βίον Plb. 31.25.8; τοῦτο -ήσασθαι ὅτι.. Pl. Cra. 439b, etc. Pass.,
1. to be agreed upon, allowed or granted by common consent, X. An. 6.3.9, etc.; πλέον ἀνδρὶ ἑκάστῳ ἢ τρεῖς ὀβολοὶ ὡμολογήθησαν Th. 8.29: c. inf., with predicate added, to be allowed or confessed to be so and so, ἡ ὑπὸ πάντων ὁμολογουμένη ἄριστον εἶναι εἰρήνη Id. 4.62; ὁμολογεῖταί γε παρὰ πάντων μέγας θεὸς εἶναι Pl. Smp. 202b, cf. X. An. 1.9.20, etc.
2. without inf., ἡ τοῦ οἰκείου.. ἕξις.. δικαιοσύνη ἂν ὁμολογοῖτο should be allowed [to be] justice, Pl. R. 434a; -ούμενοι δοῦλοι And. 4.17; τοὺς -ουμένους θεούς those who are admitted [to be] gods, Timocl. 1.2, cf. Th. 6.89.
3. abs., ὁμολογεῖται it is granted, agreed, Pl. Phd. 72a, al.; τὰ ὡμολογημένα the things granted, ibid.; ἐξ ὁμολογουμένου, = cross ὁμολογουμένως, Plb. 3.111.7.
ὁμολογέω, ὁμολογῶ; imperfect ὡμολόγουν; future ὁμολογήσω; 1 aorist ὡμολόγησα; present passive 3 person singular ὁμολογεῖται; (from ὁμόλογος, and this from ὁμον and λέγω); from (Sophocles and) Herodotus down;
1. properly, to say the same thing as another, i. e. to agree with, assent, both absolutely and with a dative of the person; often so in Greek writings from Herodotus down; hence,
2. universally, to concede; i. e.
a. not to refuse, i. e. to promise: τίνι τήν ἐπαγγελίαν, Acts 7:17 L T Tr WH (here R. V. vouchsafe); followed by an object. infinitive, Matthew 14:7 (Plato, Demosthenes, Plutarch, others).
b. not to deny, i. e. to confess; declare: joined with οὐκ ἀρνεῖσθαι, followed by direct discourse with recitative ὅτι, John 1:20; followed by ὅτι, Hebrews 11:13; τίνι τί, ὅτι, Acts 24:14; to confess, i. e. to admit or declare oneself guilty of what one is accused of: τάς ἁμαρτίας, 1 John 1:9 (Sir. 4:26).
3. to profess (the difference between the Latin profiteor (`to declare openly and voluntarily') and confiteor (`to declare fully,' implying the yielding or change of one's conviction; cf.pro fessio fidei, confessio peccatorum) is exhibited in Cicero, pro Sest. 51, 109), i. e. to declare openly, speak out freely (A. V. generally confess; on its construction see Buttmann, § 133, 7): (followed by an infinitive, εἰδέναι Θεόν, Titus 1:16); τίνι (cf. Buttmann, as above; Winer's Grammar, § 31, 1 f.) followed by direct discourse with ὅτι recitative, Matthew 7:23; one is said ὁμολογεῖν that of which he is convinced and which he holds to be true (hence, ὁμολογεῖν is distinguished from πιστεύειν in John 12:42; Romans 10:9f): the passive absolute, with στόματι (dative of instrum.) added, Romans 10:10; τί, Acts 23:8; τινα with a predicate accusative (Buttmann, as above), αὐτόν Χριστόν, John 9:22; κύριον (predicate accusative) λησουν, Romans 10:9 (here WH τό ῤῆμα ... ὅτι κύριος etc., L marginal reading Tr marginal reading simply ὅτι etc.; again with ὅτι in 1 John 4:15); Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν ἐν σαρκί ἐληλυθότα (Tr marginal reading WH marginal reading ἐληλυθεναι), 1 John 4:2 and Rec. also in 3 (see below); ἐρχόμενον ἐν σαρκί, 2 John 1:7 (cf. Buttmann, as above; Winer's Grammar, 346 (324)); τινα, to profess oneself the worshipper of one, 1 John 4:3 (here WH marginal reading λύει, cf. Westcott, Epistles of John, p. 156ff) and G L T Tr WH in
4. According to a usage unknown to Greek writers to praise, celebrate (see ἐξομολογέω, 2; (Buttmann, § 133, 7)): τίνι, Hebrews 13:15. (Compare: ἀνθομολογέω (ἀνθομολογοῦμαι), ἐξομολογέω.)
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ὁμολογέω , -ῶ
(< ὁμόλογος , of one mind: Da LXX Su 1:60 *),
[in LXX: Job 40:9 (14) (H3034 hi.), Jeremiah 44:25 (H5087), al.;]
1. to speak the same language (Hdt.).
2. to agree with (Hdt., Plat., al.).
3. to agree, confess, acknowledge (Plat., al.) : absol., John 1:20; John 12:42; pass., Romans 10:10; seq. ὅτι , ib., Hebrews 11:13; c. acc rei, Acts 23:8, 1 John 1:9, Revelation 3:5; id. c. dat. pers., Acts 24:14; c. acc cogn., 1 Timothy 6:12; c. acc pers., 1 John 2:23; 1 John 4:3; id. seq. pred. acc (Bl., § 34, 5; 73, 5), John 9:22, Romans 10:9, 1 John 4:2; 1 John 4:15, 2 John 1:7; c. inf. (M, Pr., 229), Titus 1:16; c. dat. pers. seq. ὅτι , Matthew 7:23; seq. ἐν , c. dat. pers. (M, Pr., 104; El., § 41, 2), Matthew 10:32, Luke 12:8.
4. to agree, promise: τ . ἐπαγγελίαν , Acts 7:17; c. inf. obj. (Bl., § 61, 3), Matthew 14:7.
5. = ἐξμολογέω , to praise: Hebrews 13:15 (Westc., in l).
(Cf. ἀνθ -ομολογέομοι , ἐξμολογέω .) †
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