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Strong's #3671 - ὁμολογία
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- profession
- subjectively: whom we profess to be ours
- objectively: profession [confession] i.e. what one professes [confesses]
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ὁμολογ-ία,
Ion. -ιη, ἡ,
1. agreement, Pl. Smp. 187b,al.; αἱ τῶν ὀνομάτων ὁ. verbal consistency, Id. Tht. 164c.
2. assent, admission, concession, τῶν ἐπικαλουμένων Isoc. 11.44, cf. Pl. Grg. 461b, al.; κατὰ τὴν ἐμὴν ὁ. by my admission, Id. Prt. 350e; ἡ ὑπέρ τινος ὁ. Id. Tht. 169e; ἐξ ὁ. διαλέγεσθαι argue from premises agreed upon or granted, Arist. Top. 110a33.
3. agreement, compact, συνθήκη καὶ ὁ. Pl. Cra. 384d; ἐμμένειν τῇ ὁ. Id. Tht. 145c, Lg. 840e: pl., ὁμολογίας παραβαίνειν, διαλύειν, Id. Tht. 183d, Isoc. 4.175; τὰς ὁ. διαφυλάττειν Id. 9.44; κατὰ τὰς ὁ. Pl. R. 443a; παρὰ τὰς ὁ. Id. Cri. 52d. esp. in war, terms of peace, truce, or surrender, Hdt. 8.52; ὁμολογίῃ ἐχρήσαντο, of the conquered, Id. 1.150, cf. 4.201; ἐς ὁμολογίην προσεχώρησαν Id. 7.156; τὴν ὁ. δέξασθαι Th. 6.10; ἐς ὁμολογίην προκαλέεσθαι, of the conquerors, Hdt. 3.13; ἡ ὁ. ἡ πρός τινα γενομένη Id. 1.61, cf. And. 1.120; ὁμολογίᾳ τὴν ἀκρόπολιν παραδοῦναι Th. 3.90, cf. 1.107. in Law, contract, agreement, συγγραφὴ καὶ ὁ. PEleph. 2.2 (iii B. C.); ὁ. τινὸς πρός τινα PFay. 91.1 (i A. D.), etc.
4. vow, LXX Jeremiah 44:25(51).25 (pl.).
5. in Stoic Philos., conformity with nature, summum.. bonum, cum positum sit in eo quod ὁμολογίαν Stoici, nos appellemus convenientiam, Cic. Fin. 3.6.21; ψυχὴ πεποιημένη πρὸς ὁμολογίαν παντὸς τοῦ βίου Stoic. 3.11.
ὁμολογία, ὁμολογίας, ἡ (ὁμολογέω, which see (cf. Winers Grammar, 35 (34))), in the N. T. profession (R. V. uniformly confession);
a. subjectively: ἀρχιερέα τῆς ὁμολογίας ἡμῶν, i. e. whom we profess (to be ours), Hebrews 3:1 (but others refer this to b.).
b. objectively, profession (confession) i. e. what one professes (confesses): Hebrews 4:14; 1 Timothy 6:12 (see ὁμολογέω, 3); 13 (see μαρτυρέω, a. p. 391a); τῆς ἐλπίδος, the substance of our profession, which we embrace with hope, Hebrews 10:23; εἰς τό εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Χριστοῦ, relative to the gospel, 2 Corinthians 9:13 (translate, for the obedience ye render to what ye profess concerning the gospel; cf. ἡ εἰς τόν τοῦ Θεοῦ Χριστόν ὁμολογία, Justin Martyr, dialog contra Trypho,
c. 47 — a construction occasioned perhaps by ἡ εἰς τόν Χριστόν πίστις, Colossians 2:5; (cf. Winers Grammar, 381 (357))). ((Herodotus, Plato, others.))
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ὁμολογία , -ας , ἡ
(< όμολογέω ),
[in LXX: Deuteronomy 12:6; Deuteronomy 12:17. Amos 4:5, Ezekiel 46:12 (H5071), Leviticus 22:18, Jeremiah 44:25 (H5088), 1 Esdras 9:8*;]
1. in cl., an agreement assent, compact (in Papyri, of a contract; Deiss., BS, 249).
2. confession (prob. always in an objective sense): 2 Corinthians 9:13, 1 Timothy 6:12-13 Hebrews 3:1; Hebrews 4:14; Hebrews 10:13.†
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