ὀμνύω

German (Pape)

[Seite 333] = Vorigem; bei Hom. im imperf.; bei den Attikern einzeln, Xen. u. Dem. S. unter ὄμνυμι. Am gebräuchlichsten in der mittleren u. neuern Comödie, s. Porson Eur. Med. 744.

French (Bailly abrégé)

c. ὄμνυμι.

English (Autenrieth)

imp. ὄμνυθι, ὀμνυέτω, ipf. ὤμνυε, fut. ὀμοῦμαι, -εῖται, aor. ὤμοσα, ὄμο(ς）σα: take oath, swear; ὅρκον (τινί, or πρός τινα), Il. 3.279, Od. 14.331; foll. by inf., also w. acc. of the person or thing in whose name, or by whom or which, the oath is taken, Il. 14.271, Il. 15.40.

English (Strong)

a prolonged form of a primary, but obsolete omo, for which another prolonged form omoo is used in certain tenses; to swear, i.e. take (or declare on) oath: swear.

English (Thayer)

(Matthew 23:20; Matthew 26:74; Hebrews 6:16; James 5:12; ( Winer's Grammar, 24)) and ὄμνυμι (ὀμνύναι, Mark 14:71 G L T Tr WH (cf. B. 45 (39))) form their tenses from ὈΜΟΩ; hence, 1aorist ὤμοσα; the Sept. for נִשְׁבַּע ; to swear; to affirm, promise, threaten, with an oath: absolutely, followed by direct discourse, Matthew 26:74; Mark 14:71; Hebrews 7:21; followed by εἰ, Hebrews 3:11; Hebrews 4:3; see εἰ I:5. ὀμνύειν ὅρκον (often so in Greek writings from Homer down ( Winer's Grammar, 226 (212))) πρός τινα, to one ( Homer, Odyssey 14,331; 19,288), Luke 1:73; ὀμνύειν with the dative of the person to whom one promises or threatens something with an oath: followed by direct discourse Mark 6:23; by an infinitive ( Winer's Grammar, 331 (311)), Hebrews 3:18; with ὅρκῳ added, Acts 2:30 ( Winer's Grammar, 603 (561)); τίνι τί, Acts 7:17 ( Rec. i. e. genitive by attraction; cf. Buttmann, § 143,8; Winer's Grammar, § 24,1). that by which one swears is indicated by an accusative, τινα or τί (so in classical Greek from Homer down (cf. Winer's Grammar, § 32,1b. γ.; Buttmann, 147 (128))), in swearing to call a person or thing as witness, to invoke, swear by ( Isaiah 65:16; Josephus, Antiquities 5,1, 2; 7,14, 5); τόν οὐρανόν, τήν γῆν, James 5:12; with prepositions (cf. Buttmann, as above): κατά τίνος (see κατά, I:2a.), Hebrews 6:13,16 ( Genesis 22:16; Genesis 31:54; 1 Samuel 28:10 ( Complutensian); Isaiah 45:23; Isaiah 62:8; Amos 4:2; Demosthenes, p. 553,17; 553,26 (others, ἐπομνύειν), etc.; κατά πάντων ὠμνυε θεῶν, Long. past. 4,16); in imitation of the Hebrew נִשְׁבַּע followed by בְּ, ἐν τίνι is used ( Winer s Grammar, 389 (364); Buttmann, the passage cited; see ἐν, I:8{b}): Matthew 5:34,36; Matthew 23:16,18, 20-22; Revelation 10:6; εἰς εἰ, with the mind directed unto ( Winer s Grammar, 397 (371); Buttmann, as above; see εἰς, B. II:2a.), Matthew 5:35.